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Siavash Moghaddasian Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Play around with

Hi everyone,

This is a conversation between a math teacher and his friend.

What's the meaning of "play around with"?

Play is play. Why there's "around"?



Joe: Have the kids been into it so far?

Math teacher: So far, yeah. Um, right now we’ve just been doing a lot of, um, exploration. So there’s a lot of math tools that we just give them time to play around with so that when we actually teach the lesson, um.... They’re focused on what we’re doing and not focused on, y’know, that they have counting bears in front of them or coins in front of them

  

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In my opinion, "around" implies that the tools are not actually meant to be played with, but given to the children to explore them and somehow satisfy their curiosity so that they can remain attentive when the teacher gives lessons.

— Persian Learner

  • In my opinion, "around" implies that the tools are not actually meant to be played with, but given to the children to explore them and somehow satisfy their curiosity so that they can remain attentive when the teacher gives lessons.
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In my opinion, "around" implies that the tools are not actually meant to be played with, but given to the children to explore them and somehow satisfy their curiosity so that they can remain attentive when the teacher gives lessons.
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If you are put in the driving seat of a car as a method of familiarizing yourself with the function of all the controls, you may be invited to “play around” with them, just to find out what happens when you operate them, and what they are like to operate, before you set off driving down the road, employing them (one hopes) properly. You are not truly “playing” with them because “play” has its

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