created the ’play spiral’ Framework which encourages children to explore and learn new skills through structured and unstructured play. The spiral starts with practitioners letting the children explore the environment and resources through ’free play’ and unstructured play‚ this gives them the opportunity to play and create their own rules and develop their own experiences. This is beneficial to practitioners as it allows them to observe the children and plan effectively in order to enhance play. The next
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Katie Luther English 118‚ Instructor Griffin 7/9/2013 Essay#1 Audience: Class Mates and teacher Caution! Kids At Play! I loved growing up in my neighborhood. I lived on a street called Hemming Way and it was a beautiful street where each house seemed to stand on its own hill‚ almost like royalty. My house was a deep dark red and it had bright green grass out front and a beautiful garden that consisted of roses‚ dandelions‚ and jasmines. There were trees and mountains everywhere
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Play dough activity I discussed with my manager that i was going to carry out a play activity. The project i have chosen to do is the making of play dough. I have chosen this activity because i feel this is a great pastime and a great experience between me and the children. I say this because the children can actually take part in the making of the product. I think this activity will help them to learn about colours‚ shapes................. My manager confirmed the activity and she was really
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‘Play – Its nature and value’ by Jerome Anderson In today’s world of technology and pushy parents that want academic savvy children‚ where is the play-time for our kids? For many years parents have been bringing their children to homework clubs‚ football‚ basketball‚ netball practice‚ plus dance classes and other activities to improve their children’s outlook on life. While all these structured activities are good for a child at a young age‚ is it really what they want? According to Article
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characteristics of freely chosen‚ self -directed play and leisure. Freely chosen means that a child is able to make his own choices of when‚ how and what to play. The only intervention for an adult is to make sure that the environment or play is suitable and safe. A play or leisure has to be voluntary‚ spontaneous‚ the child has to be willing to participate and he cannot be forced to play. Children have the freedom to decide and
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The theatre is a place of such elegance and beauty and yet the first conversation that is heard from the stage of such sophistication is about ‘sharting’ ones pants. This is the first conversation that was heard while witnessing this Adelaide-made play‚ Gorgon. Both playwright Elena Carapetis and director Nescha Jelk tell a story which speaks to the targeted teenage audience about the suffering themes of gendered emotion‚ friendship‚ family and grief all while struggling with the ‘side-effects’ of
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into Marisol On October 26‚ 2017‚ I attended the play Marisol‚ by Jose Rivera‚ performed by The Ohio State University Department of Theatre. The production is directed by Beth Kattelman‚ produced by Mandy Fox‚ and performed by undergraduates of Ohio State University at the Drake Performance Center in Thurber Theatre. I came into this play not knowing what to expect because I did not think to ready a summary of the play online. After watching this play‚ I was highly impressed with the various design
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“Curtains” is a whodunit mystery musical originally written by Rupert Holmes accompanied with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. It is a play within a play set in Boston. The play‚ “Robbin hood”‚ is trying to make it on Broadway‚ however the leading actress‚ Jessica Cranshaw‚ always forgets her cues and lines. She mysteriously dies in the last scene of the show. It is discovered that she was murdered and everyone in the show is a suspect. We then meet Lt. Frank Cioffi‚ a detective working
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Critique The play I am writing about is called Footloose. It was preformed at the Country Day School Pavillion. I saw this play on Saturday‚ April 14‚ 2012. Footloose is about a teenaged boy and his single mother moving to a small town in which the law states that there can be no singing or dancing of any sort. There was a terrible accident that had happened five years ago which involved the priests son in a car crash. The priest blames song and dance‚ therefore banning it in that town. The teenaged
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In the play Fences‚ one of the theme is parent-child relationships. The main character Troy has a poor relationship with his son Cory. The two always argue and rarely have good moments in the play. Troy does not want Cory to be like him‚ but does not want him to do what he wants. In my opinion‚Troy’s relationship with Cory is very poor because of the way Troy treats him. Troy has fulfilled the basic obligations to Cory and says he does not have to like him. A father should take care of the family
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