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PLAY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Play is crucial for children's development across physical, intellectual, social, and emotional domains. The document outlines several types of play and their roles in child development, including unoccupied play, solitary play, parallel play, and cooperative play. It also discusses factors that influence children's play, the responsibilities of teachers to ensure a safe play environment, and how play contributes to development in areas like physical skills, emotions, cognition, social skills, and morality. Overall, the document emphasizes that play is a fundamental right of childhood that has wide-ranging benefits.
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- 2. CONTENTS OF THISTEMPLATE • Introduction • Play Meaning and Definition • Kinds of Play and their Role in Child Development • Role of Play Activities of Childhood • Factors Influencing Children's Play • Safety Factor to be Consider • Teacher’s Responsibility • Contribution of Play in Dimensions of Development Stages • Conclusion
- 3. INTRODUCTION • Play isa legitimate right of childhood, representing a crucial aspect of children’s physical, intellectual and social development. • Play is a universal phenomenon and a right of childhood. It is a spontaneous, rewarding and fun with several benefits: Education: helps children learn and build skills that lay the foundation for learning to read, write and do math. Social skills: provides opportunities to socialize with peers of the same age, and to learn to understand others, to communicate and to negotiate. Cognition: encourages children to learn, imagine, categorize and problem solve. Therapeutic benefits: Gives children the opportunity to express troubling aspects of their daily life, including stresses, trauma, family conflicts and other dilemmas.
- 5. PLAY MEANING ANDDEFINITION • Play is the work of children. It consists of those activities performed for self-amusement that have behavioral, social, and psychomotor rewards. It is child-directed, and the rewards come from within the individual child; it is enjoyable and spontaneous. • Play as constituting a separate and independent sphere of human activity is sometimes referred to as the “Magic circle” notion of play. - Huizinga • They many theories of play expounded in the past are clear proof that the phenomenon is difficult to understand. - Jean Piaget
- 6. KINDS OF PLAYAND THEIR ROLE IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT • Play allows children to use their creativity while developing their imagination, dexterity, and physical, cognitive, and emotional strength. Play is important to healthy brain development. • For parents, having a general idea of how kids’ play evolves can help alleviate stress, as well as guide you toward age-appropriate toys and activities. – 6 Types of Play Important for Child's Development Unoccupied play Independent or solitary play Onlooker play Parallel play Associative play Cooperative play
- 9. ROLE OF PLAYACTIVITIES OF CHILDHOOD • Some specific categories of play are as follows. Physical play Expressive play Manipulative Play Symbolic play Dramatic play Familiarization play Games Surrogate play
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- 14. FACTORS INFLUENCING CHILDREN'S PLAY •Parent's perception about their child's physical activity influence the opportunities available. • Parent's are role models for healthy life habits. • Television viewing habits. • Family activities outdoors. • Family structure.
- 16. SAFETY FACTOR TOBE CONSIDER Toys and games should be screened for safety, especially those used by a sick child. The Toys should be washable with no sharp edges and no small parts that could be Swallowed or aspirated. Should be washable Should have no Sharp edges & no small parts Tossing ball to a child with cast fall Chasing ball falls, Collisions If toys used for a long time. Can use it in unsafe way
- 17. TEACHER’S RESPONSIBILITY An early-childhoodteacher inspects the children's environment to ensure the safety of equipment and materials. She also fosters a safe and comfortable Environment through clear, positive and encouraging words and actions to help the children feel comfortable and confident within their surroundings. Organize play activities Flexibility in play time Play material should be placed in separate room. Age appropriate play activity article should be provided Involve all members for play Interact during play Observe and record child's behavior Participate with children during play Teach the importance of play
- 18. CONTRIBUTION OF PLAYIN DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT STAGES • Play reinforces the child's growth and development. • Some of the more common functions of play are Physical Development Emotional Development Cognitive Development Social Development Moral Development
- 20. CONCLUSION • Spend ourtime in sports activities is not a waste of time for children it is boost of time to children activity. It will make their mind.
- 21. RESEARCH RESOURCES http://www.healthofchildren.com/P/Play.html https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/types -of-play#1.-Unoccupied-play https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/ 1/182