The benefits and acceptance of play in the early year’s classroom is not a universal attitude. Differing cultural‚ social and political aspects determine the importance given to play in early years settings. However the Irish curriculum strongly believes in play being an important part of a child’s learning experience. The main aim of this essay is to make the point that work and play are not necessarily separate activities and can be integrated to maximise the child’s learning in many areas of development
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One of the two categories of play discussed by Hopperstad is play with the graphic results of drawing which refers to the results of a drawing where the child interacts and convert a way to process the whole stage of visual. Also‚ this play provides the opportunity to put together the possible relationships between visual graphic and the transformation. Furthermore‚ children are expose to everyday life situations where they can perform activities of drawing relating to them. Also‚ children communicate
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The Benefits of Outdoor Play Within this assignment I will explain the value of outdoor play experiences on children’s development then outline my settings current outdoor play provisions and examples of good practice within them. I will suggest areas for improvement in my settings outdoor play provision before moving onto outlining my setting’s current use of Welsh language within the outdoor area. I will then suggest areas for improvement in the use of Welsh language within the outdoor area
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Pediatric Association‚ “Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ and physical well-being of children and youth. Alarmingly‚ gifted and talented students from grades three to five decreased their time spent in unstructured activities by one half. Children do not play anymore. (Beisser‚ Gillespie‚ & Thacker‚ 2013). While there was an abundance of research for young children and play‚ existing research that examined the importance of play in the development
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Name and Surname: Eren Kuşhan Date: 07.03.2012 Assignment: Effect Analysis Essay (The Effects of Play on Children) THE EFFECTS OF PLAY ON CHILDREN Who are the happiest people of the world? The answer is here: Children‚ who have not grown yet. According to them‚ the world is a heaven to play with everything. How can a human being distress in a heaven like this? No more troubles‚ no more responsibilities‚ no more money‚ and no more food is there. The several things which make kids’ minds busy
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Importance of Sports Here’s hoping that now you know what is the importance of sports. Besidesbeing important for kids‚ taking up asports careerin adult life‚ has its ownbenefits. A sportsperson often travels to other countries to play matches andin the process‚ learns a great deal about the cultures of these countries. Eventhe spectators or TV viewers are thoroughly entertained while watchingprofessional sports‚ making it an excellent recreational activity. 3 We live in jet age. Life has become
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“Relationships at all levels involve complex power play.” The term ‘power play’ refers to the political‚ social‚ militaristic‚ sexual and personal struggles between opposing forces. All relationships‚ regardless of how intimate or distant they may be‚ involve different concepts of complex power plays. These concepts are exemplified in William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra which demonstrates military power‚ the physical application of political power‚ between opposing forces as a means of gaining
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forms play can take. Kids play in different ways as they grow. Certain types of play are associated with‚ but not restricted to specific age groups. Unoccupied play: In the early months of infancy‚ from birth to three months‚ the children seem to be making movements with no clear purpose‚ but this is the start of playing. Solitary play: from three to eighteen months‚ babies will spend much of their time playing on their own. During solitary play‚ children are very busy with play and may
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Montessori Teacher Training Work/Play Balance – a Montessori Perspective I recently read an alarming article from Michael Conlon of Reuters‚ entitled‚ U.S. school children need less work‚ more play: study. Conlon contends that there is a growing trend in U.S. public schools of reducing free time "because many school districts responded to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by reducing time committed to recess‚ the creative arts‚ and even physical education in an effort to focus on reading
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