What Are The Pros And Cons Of Free-Flow Play

Conclusion
The aim of this action research was to conclude whether the ‘Implementation of free-flow play will impact on cognitive learning for children aged two to three in a private day nursery’. From carrying out the project neither the research nor the findings helped to determine whether this hypothesis is proven or disproven, due to none of the findings showing a clear result. However, it enabled staff to see the processes of key-worker interaction in relation to free-flow play as well as proving that the setting does not always provide free-flow for the children that this action research was tested on. Through, the process of action research the findings and analysis highlighted the pros and cons of just having one type of play, as it can be seen in both the literature review and findings, children need to experience both adult led and child imitated
With using a small sample group it did not provide the research with a sufficient amount of data, however, to carry on with this project another group could be observed, allowing for a comparison to see if any progress had been made. Although during this process there were a lot of changes occurring in the setting. These include procedures and routine changes. This caused problems due to deadlines and how the project was carried out.
Personal insight into their where a lot of skills gained during the process of this action research. As the researcher there were problems that arose throughout that where dealt with quickly showing resilience as not all data was planned for, yet adapted and collected the next day. Independence, thus building up confidence, as initiative was shown as the project was carried out independently with no support from anyone within the establishment. However, this could have been improved if communication occurred with other members of staff due to their role within the