Type of Play Play is very important in the child’s growth and development (Myers 2012). The type of play that is found in early childhood are things that use their hands, and minds. Using games/toys helps kids interact with other kids to create a social environment and comfort. Play also helps children learn in many ways (Myers 2012). You usually find kids playing with blocks, building things, and games that use their imagination (Guyton
It enables children to interact and participate in a variety of projects to encourage creativity and independence. This is a good strategy as it encourages children to construct their knowledge through the relationships they build with others and the surrounding environment. ‘’It is an approach where the expressive arts play a central role in learning and where a unique reciprocal learning relationship exists between practitioner and child’’. www.educationscotland.gov.uk/ (21/11/13). It is an important aspect to carry out when allowing children to play, as it encourages children to be independent learners, and allows them to understand and learn about life and the world.
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.
Assessment task – TDA 2.16 Support children and young people’s play and leisure Describe the importance of play and leisure for children and young people There are 10 important purposes on how important play and leisure is, in that it motivates, stimulates, supports, develops skills, concepts, language/communication skills, concentration and positive attitudes, demonstrates awareness/use of recent learning skills and consolidates learning. As long as the curriculum and environment is well planned and structured the children should become active learners. Hearing lots of songs, rhymes and stories make a difference to young children. The earliest months and years are very important. Even when you are cuddling, playing, singing and talking with your child it all helps develop their brains.
You must be professional and approachable to children giving them lots of praise and eye contact. If you do this the child feels comfortable around you. If the child feels happy and comfortable and able to trust you then you are making the right impression on them. Allowing the child to come to you when they feel uncomfortable or they need assistance with something. Children tend to role play themselves through play playing schools and playing the role of teachers, playing mums and dads, etc so this proves that the way in which adults behave has a strong impact on how children look up to adults as role models.
We develop outdoor play because it is needed for a young persons learning as it will motivate children to have experiences through their most natural way of learning, this is movement. Movement is one of four ways that children can learn; the other three are senses, play and by talking. Outdoor play also gives children opportunities to use different ways of learning, for example by using their senses. Outdoor play also helps physical development; this will help support children’s growth and improves the child’s motor skills including both gross and fine which develops their co-ordination, balance and body awareness. Outdoor play will also help improve your health as it keeps the body, heart
The most important role that play can have is to help children to be active, make choices and practice actions to mastery. They should have experience with a wide variety of content (art, music, language, science, math, social relations) because each is important for the development of a complex and integrated brain. Play that links sensori-motor, cognitive, and social-emotional experiences provides an ideal setting from brain development. According to Montessori, the essential dimensions of play are: Voluntary, enjoyable, purposeful and spontaneous Creativity expanded using problem solving skills, social skills, language skills and physical skills Helps expand on new ideas Helps the child to adapt socially Helps to thwart emotional problems If play is the work of the child, toys are the tools. Through toys, children learn about their world, themselves, and others.
How play encourages a child’s development Play encourages a child’s development because it enables children to develop their language skills, social skills, physical-coordination, emotional maturity and exploration skills From birth-three, play encourages self-reliance and helps with problem solving learning about the physical world and how it works around them. From age’s three-eight children learn by using imaginary skills such as playing with materials and practising language. Play is vital for children’s development because it helps to build... Language skills helping them to interact with not only themselves but other children/adults. From birth to three children will more use gestures and toy with words to communicate and as they
Play provides children with opportunities to develop social competence through ongoing interactions. Play interactions help children understand that other players have perspectives different than their own. Make-believe permits children to learn about their social world and to try out new social skills. Play facilitates the understanding of cultural roles and to integrate accepted social norms into their own personalities. Preschool is a great opportunity for young children to be able to interact with other children their age.
It encourages children to learn at their own level that they feel comfortable and confident with, therefore enhancing the opportunity for developing many social and intellectual skills. Skinner Skinners theories are used widely in practices as we praise children for positive behavior or for performing an action correctly, Skinners theory on negative behavior was putting a child on timeout. 1.2 Explain the potential impact on service provision of different theories and approaches I feel that we use a bit of all these theories and approaches in our setting. The children use their own choice and freedom to develop their own play. As each child starts in our setting, their parents fill in a portfolio, which helps our staff learn their likes and dislikes and their favorite toy, song and story.