Through doing this and practising the skills that they have learned the children will be able to take ownership of their learning and be able to apply it in different situations. To provide high-quality experiences for young children we should aim for a balance of one-third adult-directed activities and one-third child-initiated activities. The other third of the time should ideally be taken up by child-initiated activities that are then picked up on and supported by an adult – these are opportunities for ‘sustained shared thinking’ to take place. Children learn through first-hand experiances and activities with the serious business of ‘play’ providing the vehicle. 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.
Play promotes curiosity, discovery, and problem solving, which helps develop a positive self image for the individual child. I think children should be able to be themselves, not a constructed version of themselves and not who adults think they should be. They should be able to find out who they are at a young age, play helps that. During play, children discover. They use their imagination and are able to see an object as something else; like using blocks for play food, or hands for telephones.
Through play children, among other things, develop language that then is the basis for literacy skills that are taught at schools. Play develops a number of skills: Fine and gross motor skills Sensory knowledge (sight, hearing, taste, touch, exploration of space) Exploration of different roles Development of social skills – best indicator of success at school Development of cognitive skills Development of problem solving skills and thinking skills Development of language skills Play enables children to show their mental representations of the world and enables children to interpret their world. There is structured and unstructured play. Adults often direct structured play and there are rules etc. In unstructured play children choose the activity and make their own rules.
The value of the cognitive approach is to enable children to understand the environment around them it’s also helpful in a situation whereby the development of a service user is an issue. Cognitive perspective helps service users such as children to explore with their hands and feet during early developments. However, cognitive perspective also assists children boost their knowledge and the understanding of self, others, and the physical world around them. In other words they develop the very spirit of play and encourage imagination and improves social skills. Through play a child learns about himself and the others around him which in turn teaches him how to deal with others in the wider world.
"Children with challenging behavior and children with disabilities may have strengths in more neglected intelligences—music, art, physical movement, computers, for example. This approach allows them to develop and showcase their unique abilities" (Rasminsky, 2012, p 168). Children emotionally respond the environment they are in. Everybody desires respect, praises, and strong relationships-children are no different. Children must have a role model, most of the time is the teacher or family, but if they are not able to supply the demands than the child may look up to a trouble maker.
Piaget states that language is the most flexible means of mental representation, but that children do not yet have the capability to solely use language as a means of representation. Rather, children perform actions as a means to master language and symbolic thought. Sociodramatic play, in which children play with others and create elaborate plots and characters, culminates in the understanding of representational thought and activity. However, children in this stage still struggle to understand dual representation - the
We need to make sure that a range of play opportunities are provided to encourage this, and ensure that we provide materials that are stimulating and attractive, whilst encouraging children to make choices and to take responsibility for their play. Play is fundamental to children’s health, growth, development and over all well being. A child’s brain is stimulated when they play, especially when they have varied and interesting opportunities. Stimulation of the brain is vital for its growth. Play also provides good exercise for most
Good communication between the staff in the setting is important as the children will copy adults so good use of language is vital in their learning. Visual aids would be used to help children with delayed speech and children who use English as a second language this will enable them to understand language more easily. At the setting we plan circle time discussions where the children are encouraged to talk about different topics and also their lives outside of the setting e.g. what they did at the weekend or holidays they have taken, favourite things or what makes them sad or happy, we use picture cards for the children to show their emotions, each child has an emotion card and is encouraged to lift up that emotion when it is portrayed in the story at story time. The children are encouraged to listen and repeat parts of the story which they always enjoy.
The sleek design make it easy to handle, and the options of parental controls make it ideal for educational and recreational use. The option to customize specific unwanted websites and age appropriate apps makes it not only very desirable but leaves the competitors something to be desired. Apple has made their product so user friendly that children have and use their product on a daily basis (Smith, 2012). In addition, apple has a variety of educational apps that many schools have now adopted for their curriculum. Not only is this beneficial to the public, private, and charter school system, but for the homeschooling children as well as children with learning disabilities.
We can definitely communicate more effectively now with our computerized gadgets. They allow us to speak and see people from all over the world. * How do you think the new forms of language and abundance of diverse communication methods will affect our children and youth? Right now it worries me to see how children use short forms of words to make whole sentences that don’t always make sense. On the other hand, having access to the whole world makes it easier to learn new