Assignment 3
Sansom, A. (2008). Remembering Slade: Re-visiting the connection between very young children’s play and drama. The First Years: Ngaa Tau Tuatahi: New Zealand Journal of Infant and Toddler Education. Volume 10, Issue 2, 2008.
This article is based on a book by a man called Peter Slade (1954) who was “A man ahead of this time” (Sansom, A. 2008. Page 26). He wrote about the way that children’s play and drama were linked and then he showed how they were very important in a child’s early lives. Slade wrote this book in 1954 while he was a British drama educator and advisor (Sansom, A. 2008. Page 26). He grew his ideas by observing children – from infants to toddlers, gaining an understanding of how play “contributes to the child’s holistic development” (Sansom, A. 2008. Page 26).
The research found has shown that all types of play are linked together and that all are relevant to the child’s learning and to not only help them grow in their confidence but also into this world. This research was fairly relevant to the chosen topic of the annotated bibliography.
Hansen-Sandseter. E.B. (2009). Early Childhood Education Journal: Affordances for risky play in preschool: The importance of features in the play environment. Doi 10.1007/s10643-009-0307-2. Pp. 439-446.
This journal article talks about different types of playgrounds in 2 different environments – an ordinary preschool playground and a nature playground. It also looks at different areas of risky play and the risks that children take. A study was carried out in Norway – through 2 preschools – 1 ordinary and 1 natural. It consisted of 29 four and five year olds (21 girls and 8 boys). They were videoed while they were playing outside on the two very different playgrounds. The children took the risks that they felt they needed to in order to succeed on the playground.
Both playgrounds included “an extensive amount of affordances for risky play” (Early Childhood Education
This article is based on a book by a man called Peter Slade (1954) who was “A man ahead of this time” (Sansom, A. 2008. Page 26). He wrote about the way that children’s play and drama were linked and then he showed how they were very important in a child’s early lives. Slade wrote this book in 1954 while he was a British drama educator and advisor (Sansom, A. 2008. Page 26). He grew his ideas by observing children – from infants to toddlers, gaining an understanding of how play “contributes to the child’s holistic development” (Sansom, A. 2008. Page 26).
The research found has shown that all types of play are linked together and that all are relevant to the child’s learning and to not only help them grow in their confidence but also into this world. This research was fairly relevant to the chosen topic of the annotated bibliography.
Hansen-Sandseter. E.B. (2009). Early Childhood Education Journal: Affordances for risky play in preschool: The importance of features in the play environment. Doi 10.1007/s10643-009-0307-2. Pp. 439-446.
This journal article talks about different types of playgrounds in 2 different environments – an ordinary preschool playground and a nature playground. It also looks at different areas of risky play and the risks that children take. A study was carried out in Norway – through 2 preschools – 1 ordinary and 1 natural. It consisted of 29 four and five year olds (21 girls and 8 boys). They were videoed while they were playing outside on the two very different playgrounds. The children took the risks that they felt they needed to in order to succeed on the playground.
Both playgrounds included “an extensive amount of affordances for risky play” (Early Childhood Education