There are multiple factors in a child’s development. Parents have a responsibility, as well as a privilege, to contribute to every milestone. Most parents stress over physical and mental stages so much so that play-time is ignored. By making decisions that sacrifice play parents hinder their social development. Parents must take action and encourage their youth to play more, before childhood is lost forever. Play-time is an essential part of early childhood development as well as their most primitive form of expression. In an article titled “The Importance of Play” by Bruno Bettelheim, he refers to Sigmund Freud’s thoughts that play is a child’s first step in attaining “cultural and psychological achievements”. (Bettelheim 324) The author also mentions Freud’s notation of how children use play to “express” themselves. (Bettelheim 324) Play is vital for the maturation of toddlers’ emotional and mental health. Bettelheim, in his article, reflects on Fraud’s understanding of “how children use play to work through and master quite complex psychological difficulties of the past and present”. (Bettelheim 324) As a mother, I agree with this insight because I can witness the day’s events unfold through my son’s eyes as he holds batman and robin figures. Today’s culture views the media as a necessity. One class of media entertainment is television. Television is often exchanged for play among children. Marie Winn wrote “The End of Play” commenting on how children have replaced “fantasy and make-believe games” for television. (Winn 76) A research study in USA Today showed results of a survey indicating “14% of parents said TV is always on.”(Par 4) Their findings point out “TV decreased play’s intensity to given toy”. (Par 3... ... middle of paper ... ...thout recess, children are denied elements for social development. Physical education classes, or P.E., are the higher grades’ version of recess. At this level, juveniles engage in a more structured program with specific objectives. In Education Digest, Ann Rosewater from Team Up for Youth reflects on how organized sports are a bridge to adult achievements. Her report on the impact of organized sports exclaims “participation in physical activities have long term positive effects”. (Par 7) Details assert juveniles “connect with positive peer groups and provide the experience of failing yet trying again”. (Par 8, 9) As parents we want our children to experience the joys of childhood. One’s child rearing choices are the most dominate factors in adolescents. Parents must control the outside influences interfering with their emotional and physical maturity.
From the video observation, the two three-year old children, Thomas and Riley set off on a bus journey along with their childminder; it is observed that both the children speak about their journey, in which they are able to identify various features, which include the passengers; various buildings and different types of buses. Both children observe many of the features by taking photographs to highlight what they have observed on their journey. From observation, the video looks at the way the childminder plans the experience from a child-initiated stance, which directs the children’s learning in addition with assisting them with role-play and symbolic play, which is shown towards the end of the video. Thus, this essay will focus on the importance of early physical development within the Early Years framework, as well as the influence of the family with reference to the children along with the childminder. I shall link theory to practice from observation, by recounting both the boy’s bus journey, using a number of hypothetical methods, as well as emphasising the social and emotional development equally with cognitive development. However in particular, I will address the cognitive development, by doing so, a whole approach is required regarding both the children’s development, as children are seen as individuals and that each area of their development cannot be divided into different sections.
The cognitive process of child development and learning has influenced theorists such as Piaget, Vygtosky, Montessori, Bruner and Dewey to develop learning theories which highlight how the cognitive operation of learning occurs and how it is best achieved. The work of these theorists has become the foundation for much research and insight into how children develop on their journey towards learning.
Play helps equip children for what life may throw at them. Children are born to be actively engaged and explore the world with their own eyes. Through play children learn what it means to fail in life as well as what it means to accomplish a goal. Play is not only a strategy to keep children entertained in early childhood, but also allows children to learn how to create and work together at an early stage. Children at play has been undervalued by society without realizing that “playfulness is that benign base on which the most valuable worlds of children can be successfully built (Iakov, 2012, p. 25),” meaning that play is a fundamental strategy that assist children to develop experiences for the future. It is very upsetting that society undervalues play without acknowledging that play allows a child to express his sentiments and understand how to deal with emotions. Also, play has the power to teach children about themselves. Specifically, a child will “begin to have an ever-greater influence on perception and understanding of (certain aspects of) the real world and real events- past, present, and future- and begins to define the relation with the real world (Iaakov, 2012, 26).” This demonstrates that just as food helps build the body, play helps a child develop their mind for what lies ahead of them. During the observation at the Jewish center, the three activities done in class demonstrated cognitive and social learning through play and activities.
For all living beings play is an instinctive biological disposition, which helps to facilitate and enrich children’s overall development. As well as play being beneficial in assisting individual lives, many theorists as well as researchers have shown play to form a fundamenta...
It took me some time to decide what I would like the thrust of this paper to be on. And though I tossed several ideas around- how children play- kept circling back around. I feel that, letting children play is vital to healthy development. Some have even argued that play is the primary way that children learn verbal and logic skills. Playing with other children also expands a child’s understanding of him/herself and others (Fernie 2000). So, throughout my placements I noted the differences in how children play. This paper will attempt to discuss the differences and similarities that I observed.
Science has determined us that play is necessary for essentially all aspects of child development. It has been described as the means by which children learn about their world and prepare to take their place in it. Frederich Froebel said “Play is the work of Children.” (Hammond, 2009) It has been established that play is crucial for learning how to interact in a group setting. This includes essential life skills such as sharing and taking turns; developing the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrating personal wants and needs and being able to discern the same in others. Other features of social growth learned through play are conflict resolution and problem solving, either individually or with others. Leadership skills are practiced, teaching children how to be in charge and how to follow others. In play children use and enlarge imagination, are presented with success and failure, and build confidence. (Kail. 2007) Rough and tumble play demands use of physical skills, contributes to social development, and increases sensory awareness. (Forenchich. 2006) When children play with their parents, it presents an opportunity to get to know and bond with each other. Play is preparation for adulthood and adult
In life, no action is absent of a reaction. Every effect is linked to a cause, whether seen or unseen and play is no exception. As adults, play is not a foreign concept to us, we just chose not to engage in it and have diminutive space for it reserved in our day-to-day schedules. However, it is essential in the lives of young children.
Today I am going to talk about the importance of play as a vehicle for young children’s learning and development in the early years of primary school.
For children to succeed in society, they must first be trained, and given the skills academically which they require, in order to achieve. I want to be this person. My interests in children led me to my choice of employment. Over the past year, I have worked as a Level 2 Teaching Assistant, working in both the Breakfast and After School Clubs, in a Christian Ethos school. I am, and have demonstrated, my full commitment to each and every child throughout both academic years and have supported the children to do their best in all areas of the curriculum. A pupil’s education and development is the key aspect of the job, and I ensure I use all my knowledge and skills to assist them to have the most rewarding, exceptional and enjoyable time
Play is one of the single best ways for an educator to be able to get the child’s brain fully stimulated. Since play is dynamic, it is an ever-changing process that is interactive, creative, imaginative, as well as multi sensory. This means that play helps to facilitate a child’s sensorimotor and physical development as well as develop cognitively. According to Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky, “ It seems to me that from the point of development, play is not the predominant form of activity for helping younger children learn it is the LEADING source of development” (Armstrong, Thomas)
Play has many benefits to children’s development. Practice/functional play helps build sensory/motor skills in infants and toddlers. Active play helps build gross motor skills. Exploratory play helps build fine motor skills. Representational play helps build language skills. (London, 2010). “Some studies have also confirmed that play promotes higher-order thinking” (Jaruszewicz, 2012). Play provides children with opportunities to practice the rules that adult and society set without fear of making a mistake or being punished. (Jaruszewicz, 2012).
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The various theories spearheading the evaluation of play are associated with some of the leading Development theorist such as Vygotsky and Piaget who provide clear cognitive or intellectual capacities in which guides play (Lecture Week 1, 20017). As such, a specific goals of play may be cognitive or intellectual development in which children are able to identify roles, symbolism, organization, schemas, communication, moral development and
According to Elkind (cited in Walker, 2005) “Today’s child has become the unwilling, unintended victim of overwhelming stress – the stress borne of rapid, bewildering social change and constantly rising expectations”. This rapidness has given birth to hurried childhood. Childhood was once considered a time of stress free period. But this view has considerably been changed now. Children are expected to behave like adults today. Whether they are at home or at the school, they are expected to behave like adults. “Even the parents, who brought in traditional way, are also imposing adult standards on children” (McDonnell, 2002). However, the child developmental theories of Piaget, Erikson and Gesell found that the children learn through different ages and stages of life. Gesell (as cited in Docs, 2002) believes that growth and development occur in orderly stages and sequence. However, Piaget and Erikson (as cited in Docs, 2002) found that personality develops in stages throughout a life and child is an active learner
Background: Play is a pivotal part of a child’s life. It fosters creativity, imagination, social connections, and learned behaviours. Play is the activity which can be defined as “a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities that are normally associated with pleasure and enjoyment.” Play can also be considered a rehearsal for acting-out real life events- such can be seen when children play house or school. For children, play is a critical element of growing up. Ginsburg (2007), stated that childhood play is essential for helping children reach important social, emotional, and cognitive developmental stages. Play also helps children dispose of abundant amount of energy and excitement. Play is often undervalued