Wednesday, April 3, 2013

WHEN CHILDREN ARE ‘JUST PLAYING’



Do you know that a great deal happens when children are ‘just playing’?  They are actually developing their skills, habits and attitudes that will stay with them throughout their lives.  When they are ‘just playing’, they
  • learn to cope with frustration
  • continue trying to improve
  • share with others
  • give vocal expression to their thoughts and fantasies
Playing is especially meaningful and important for young children.  Actually, in playing, the children have put in a tremendous amount of energy and effort to it.  The three important factors in ‘just playing’ are
  • skill development
  • social development
  • imagination and creativity
Learning, for children, occurs in all areas of development.  Learning for them is ‘the learning for keeps’.  They learn:
1.         Skill Development
reaching to get something 

learn to coordinate movements of their hands with what their eyes see
hold, listen, feel and manipulate
create the desired effect with a toy
solving problems faced when trying to get the desired effect
practice to acquire and improve the skills necessary to achieve their goals
  
2.         Social Development
adjusting from having adults as playmate to children of similar ages
get to know other children
learn to get along
learn that hitting may get them a desired toy but loose an equally desired friend
other children have wants just as they do
sharing and kindness bring more rewards than snatching and pushing


3.         Imagination and Creativity
role playing
demonstrate some knowledge of the roles
 
Shared from:
Play time is learning time (Joy of learning) - Mattle
StarSpecial, Thursday 28 March 2013
 

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