The Importance of Play and the Cognitive Development of Children Marlene Joy M. Cepeda Western Governors University Abstract The focus on academic success and high assessment scores has led many educators and administrators to perceive play as an unimportant part of a child’s development. But play does lay a good foundation developmentally for children. Through each different types of play‚ a child develops the necessary skills in order to succeed. When children are given
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When it comes to classroom design layout‚ it is very important that the classroom is developmentally appropriate. Ensuring that the classroom environment is safe‚ warm and inviting‚ is very important for a child’s development. If the classroom is warm and inviting‚ it makes the child feel safe‚ secure‚ less stressed and welcomed. Also‚ making sure that the environment is age appropriate‚ and individually appropriate helps stimulate a child’s mind. Things like games‚ activities and the curriculum
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affects the lower class children dramatically and this is only one of the different issues on the topic of achievement gaps. There are a few individuals that impacted early childhood education significantly and two of them are Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget. Maria Montessori still impacts early childhood education today and
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In Piaget’s stages of cognitive development‚ there are four stages of cognitive development including The Sensorimotor Stage (0 to 2 years old)‚ Preoperational Stage (2 to 7 years old)‚ Concrete Operational Stage (7 to 11 years old) and Formal Operational Stage (11 years and older). Piaget’s study (as cited in Cook& Cook‚ 2005) found that in the Sensorimotor Stage‚ infants acquire knowledge through their own sensory input (see‚ smell‚ taste‚ touch‚ and hear) and their physical or motor actions on
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Cognitive Development Preschool children ages 3 - 5: Cognitive development refers to the acquisition and use of thinking skills. It a child’s increasing ability to think and reason‚ they are active participants in the learning process‚ they are learning how to learn. Like scientists preschool children are curious about what they observe‚ they ask questions‚ make predictions about what will happen and test their ideas‚ they recall past experiences and apply what they know to
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MONTESSORI CENTRE INTERNATIONAL 18 Balderton Street‚ London W1K 6TG‚ United Kingdom Tel 00 44(0) 20 7493 8300 Fax 00 44 (0) 20 7629 7808 www.montessori.org.uk TITLE SHEET for Distance Learning Students Is English your first language: Yes / No (please delete as applicable) STUDENT NAME: Ann E Body STUDENT NO: 00000 NAME OF MARKER: B N Given DATE OF SUBMISSION:
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with their environment entirely through reflexive behavior‚” allowing children gather environmental information through their senses. Additionally‚ as this process is enacted‚ the child begins to develop “goal driven behavior”(Infancy and cognitive development). For an example of “goal driven behavior” consider an infant crying when its diaper is dirty‚ the baby is uncomforatabel and cries for the purpose of getting the parent to change it. This is consistent with the idea of over developing synapses
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thinking the children develop by the psychological perspective. Piaget proposed four distinct stages of cognitive development‚ which are sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operations and formal operations. (Ciccarelli‚ S. K.‚ & White‚ J. N.‚ 2014) From Piaget‚ I’m teaching a Primary 3 kid and a Primary 2 kid for English and Mathematics‚ so that they are two different stage of development that I have to deal with during my tutoring. The primary 3 one is at the stage of concrete operations while
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Traditionally the approaches of theorists have been divided into types. These are three key types of approach to cognitive development: • Constructivist approach. This focuses on children as active learners. Theyâ€TMre interested in how children learn from their experiences‚ and how they learn to understand the world around them. Outlined in Jerome Bruner’s theory “that the learners actively construct their own knowledge based upon the things they know now and have known in the past―. • Behaviourist
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which had been interrupted‚ is now taken up again‚ as nature has intended all along.” E.M Standing‚ Maria Montessori: her life and work‚ pg 174 Learning‚ by itself‚ cannot happen without concentration. Whether we are learning to tie our shoes‚ write our name‚ wash a car or solve complex algebraic equations‚ there is intense concentration specific to the task at hand. Dr. Maria Montessori understood the power of concentration‚ and her methodology is designed to nurture this power. Concentration
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