It's playtime in #Laos! Thanks to @PlanLaos constructive and independent play is now a part of #childhood in Bokeo province. Plan Laos has provided parenting orientation, designed to teach caregivers how to provide a healthy environment for children promoting the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of children. Lat, and husband Bounhiem were a mongst many parents in a Laotian village in Bokeo province who were unaware at the importance of play for children under 6. But now, their children four-year-old Nuam, his three-year-old sister Loun, and their older sister 10-year-old Noy are lucky, they get to play with educative and stimulating toys like a wooden car, an old scooter wheel, a toy grasshopper, and woven rattan balls. Plan have been teaching caregivers how to make toys with local resources, and provided three days of training spread over several months on topics such as local arts, songs, stories and play. Plan Laos’ Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programme manager Mr. Somxay Inthasone explains: “When children play with friends, they divide the responsibilities of play, thereby learning how to interact and survive in a society.”