Category: Play

Play And Creativity: History, Functions And Definition This essay will outline the history, functions and definitions of play. It will both evaluate and explore two differing types of play which enhances a young childs learning whilst including ages and stages levels which can be critiqued. Additionally, playful pedagogy will be evaluated through the Early Years…

Role And Importance Of Play In Early Child Development United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 31 states the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts (Office…

Drama Play As An Entertaining And Cognitive Activity For Children Play is commonly understood as an activity performed by children for the purpose of self-amusement, despite the fact that the term play is far more didactic than just an activity, and cannot be conceptualised by a single idea. Children require prospects for unstructured and structured…

Nature Play And Playground Nature Play Children have the most wonderful natural sense of wonder and the most effective way for young children to learn about themselves and the world around them is through play (Wilson, 2018). Children play instinctively with natural elements; they are natural experts and combining nature and play in the lives…

Play And Creativity: History, Functions And Definition This essay will outline the history, functions and definitions of play. It will both evaluate and explore two differing types of play which enhances a young childs learning whilst including ages and stages levels which can be critiqued. Additionally, playful pedagogy will be evaluated through the Early Years…

Role And Importance Of Play In Early Child Development United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 31 states the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts (Office…

Drama Play As An Entertaining And Cognitive Activity For Children Play is commonly understood as an activity performed by children for the purpose of self-amusement, despite the fact that the term play is far more didactic than just an activity, and cannot be conceptualised by a single idea. Children require prospects for unstructured and structured…

Nature Play And Playground Nature Play Children have the most wonderful natural sense of wonder and the most effective way for young children to learn about themselves and the world around them is through play (Wilson, 2018). Children play instinctively with natural elements; they are natural experts and combining nature and play in the lives…

The Importance Of Children’s Play, The Role Of Adults And Gender Differences The aim of this essay is to discuss a quote from Whitebread(2012), Play is spontaneous, self-motivated and controlled by the child. Play is not created by adults but by children themselves from The importance of play, A report on the value of children’s…

Non-directive Play Therapy: Personal Statement Introduction Garry Landreth has been quoted as saying, In play therapy toys are viewed as the childs words and play as the childs language  a language of activity. Play therapy, then, is to children what psychotherapy is to adults. (Landreth & Bratton, 1999). This is the very basis of…