An example of an adventure zone would be crazy caves, the typical age range here is 2 to 11. D3 Describe ONE (1) type of play that may take place in each setting. D7 Show an understanding of diversity and inclusive practice. D3/D7-In these settings the children will engage in various types of play. In a nursery children will engage in numerous types of play, one of those types of play is pretend play, ’Pretend play is where children talk to toys or objects and make up games using characters’ (P.Tassoni,(2007) page 160).
Theories Relating to Play and Playwork Play is an important part of child development. Play provides children with natural opportunities to engage in concrete and meaningful activities that enhance physical, language, social and cognitive development. Playwork practitioner includes working with children aged from birth up to five years, no never professionals working in early childhood education and care of children. Playwork is driven by the belief that the game is very valuable, high factor in the development of the child. Tina Bruce presents a comprehensive theory of play.
To further understand a how a crime can be committed by a young child, Albert Bandura’s theory that humans can learn without reinforcement called “modeling” is a good explanation. Bandura defines modeling as “people copying what they see others do” (p.42). The results we see in a young child’s behavior are resulted from biological development, as well. First, let’s explore two critical parts of a 6 year old child’s brain; the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. The limbic system is the part of the brain divided in three major areas controlling expression and regulation of emotion.
Toys should challenge the child. A developmentally appropriate toy will teach emotionally, physically, and/or intellectually. Three toys that would be developmentally appropriate for children from 3-5 years of age would be unit blocks, playdough and balls. All of these toys provide preschoolers with opportunities for experimentation and exploration. Let’s take a closer look at each of the
Theorists Robert Sternberg and Howard Gardner argue that children who can make new connections and draw something new from them is a type of intelligence. It is important to offer children lots of first-hand experiences so that they can develop knowledge and draw from their own experiences. Social Models – These theories look at the environment in which the children are learning and the adults they are supported by. Social models link to cultural approaches and role modelling. Children learn by observing and imitating and so watching and being supported by adults who encourage and work creatively by being flexible in approach, solving problems and painting and drawing with them can help develop their creativity.
Through their play children practise and consolidate their learning, play with ideas, experiment, take risks, solve problems, and make decisions… First-hand experiences allow children to develop an understanding of themselves and the world in which they live. Practical ideas The role of the adult in child-initiated learning is to: Organise the physical environment so children have access to a wide range of interesting open-ended resources to explore and investigate imaginatively Develop an emotional
Playing and learning in children’s education E1/A In (appendices 1), the Nursery World article written by Fisher. J (2012) talks about how the role of the practitioner should plan for a balance between adult –led learning and child –led learning. This means that the adult needs to observe children closely to see how they are developing. When the practitioner stands back during child-led play, they can gain lots of information about a child, how they use their environments and resources. This helps to meet their learning needs if the practitioner then uses this information to plan the next steps.
CYPOP7 1.1 Creative learning is where children use the range of materials and play opportunities around them, provided by adults. A child’s curiosity will lead them to explore the resources. From this the child will learn through play, using imagination, new and unusual ideas (originality), a variety of different ideas (productivity), problem solving and experimenting. Creativity it helps children to express feeling and ideas about people objects and events. This could be in the form of painting, drawing, collage, music, dance, woodwork, model making, sand and water with small world scenarios and miniature garden scenarios.
How do they influence current practice? Cognitive – Jean Piaget | Main points of theory Piaget’s theory is sometimes referred to as a “constructive approach” because he suggested that children constructed or built up their thoughts according to their experiences of the world around them. He uses the term ‘schema’ to refer to a child’s conclusions or thoughts. He felt that learning was ongoing process with children needing to adapt (hence Piaget’s term ‘adaption) | Explain how does this theory influence current practice? If a parent was expecting a baby and maybe the other child wasn’t happy about it, we as a setting we could do role play with the dolls making references to when you have a baby brother or sister you could help mummy, you can cuddle the baby etc.
In this essay I will discuss the meaning of the word play and why play is important for the holistic development for the child. I will also outline types of play and explain how play facilitates and is impacted by the maturation of children, considering children with special needs. Every child in the world plays, whenever they are babies, toddlers or even 6 years old child, the only difference would be the approach. Children 'play' at home is more unplanned but when the 'play' is more organised than it is more valuable. I will look at different types of play which need to be provided for child's learning and development.