Discuss the importance of play in learning and development‚ focussing on 0 – 6 years. Essay plan: * Introduction 10% 150 words Introduce the essay question – Does play support the learning and development of children from birth to six year olds? Start by looking at how babies naturally play to learn about the world around them‚ looking at Smilansky’s theory. Then move onto toddlers and their play relationship with adults‚ discussing Smilansky‚ Vygotsky‚ Wood‚ Bruner‚ Ross’s theories
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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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IMPORTANCE OF PLAY IN CHILDREN In the life of an infant there are many important for the healthy development and learning‚ however there are many variations on how to learn and develop‚ by the influence exercised in the future environment. Among all variations which may be mentioned one of utmost importance is the game for all the benefits that entails. Play is where the child occupies most of their time‚ encouragement and the acquisition of a full development in areas that would not be achieved
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Our daycare consists of children from the age 1-4 years old and at this age physical development is really important because this is a big stage where they start developing muscles including fine motor skills‚ gross motor skills‚ sleeping and eating. With that broad area of skills a lot of challenges are faced while children spend this time in their life learning how to control their body. Muscle development is divided into two groups with fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Fine motor
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believe that children can and do learn a variety of different skills while playing and because of this I also believe that play and learning go hand and hand. Play is the serious business of young children and the opportunity to play freely is vital to their healthy development. I believe that there are also a good deal of different benefits that children gain from play like‚ play fosters physical development by promoting the development of sensory exploration and motor skills. Through play and the repetition
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Early Years settings have a requirement to follow frameworks to support the learning and development of children’s Literacy and Mathematical skills. Practitioners and professionals working with young children will follow The Early Years Foundation Stage which is a statutory requirement. The Early Years Matters expresses that “The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning”. http://www.earlyyearsmatters.co.uk/our-services/school-and-nursery-improvement-partner/enabling-environments/
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Construction play is important for two year olds so in the setting there should be opportunities for the child to explore and learn about it. For example an activity could be planned where the children are creating animals out of arrange of material like cardboard ‚ cloth as well as materials that have different texture for the children to explore. During the activity the practitioners should encourage the children with exploring their ideas as well as complimenting them while they are making it
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Play is an action that is chosen freely and inspired from within. When discussing the importance of play-based learning one area worth looking into are the developmental benefits‚ especially when looking at the development of a young child. Play-based learning is very important to a child’s development. One key benefit of play based learning is that it helps develop social and emotional skills which are essential in everyday life. Another key factor is the development of confidence especially
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sequence of development and rate of development is that the sequence of development refers to the expected pattern of development‚ whereas the rate of development refers to the speed of development in terms of age and length of time. It is important that we are all aware of these differences in order to avoid any misdiagnosis and labelling. Milestones help us has health care professionals‚ parents and carers to gain a greater understanding of what the expected pattern of development should be‚ and
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before you begin. 1. Why is play important for children? Play is important for children because playing is the process that essential to children’s developmental progress. Children need to go through each level of process to generate‚ develop and enhance their developmental progress and well being. In playing‚ children will need to use their physical ability‚ able to explore and apply their creativity and naturally started to think which is part of their cognitive development as well. Any involvement
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