_Lesson 2 x Social stages of play
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What types of play are there?
List the different play types.
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Remember
Driving question :
What types of play are there?
List the different play types.
What are the different play types?
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How play supports children’s early mathematical concepts of volume and shape
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How Play Supports Literacy development
Before children can read and write they need language.
So play that involves speaking,listening and building vocabulary are the foundation for this.
Reading to children, encouraging them to explore books with pictures and textures will be the first steps to reading.
Mark making where children explore making marks in sand/ on paper support the development of the hand skills needed to write later on.
Development of letter recognition is needed for both reading and writing. To be able to write you need to be able to read.
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How Play Supports Early Mathematical development
Language and speech are necessary skills for mathematical development. Consider all the different mathematical language that there is.
Play develops understanding of numeracy, matching,sorting,patterns, counting, ordering, sharing etc.
All are the foundations for further learning of maths.
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Children’s play interests and the resources that they use change as they age.
In order to ensure that purposeful play is effective and develops children why should this be considered?
How does development matters/ EYFS affect play types and developments for age groups?
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In the 1930’s Mildred Parten studied how children play, she observed that as children became older play became more cooperatively. Her work has been built on and the social stages of play developed further.
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Infants will use the same play types as children from aged 2, however it will be very different as they do not have the mobility of older children to be able freely move around and select toys as easily.
Children unable to sit- Toys have to be places around them, or they are laid on baby gyms etc.
Children that can sit- Toys still need to be placed around them but they are able to now grasp and pick up items well when placed around them.
Crawling- Children can move to where toys that interest them are.
Standing/cruising- Children can now use push along toys and get to the toys that interest them.
Walking/ climbing- Children can climb baby slides, roll and fetch balls and freely move around to the toys.
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Physical Play- This will involve movement of the body but unlike older children will not always be intentional as they do not have complete control of their body.
As in older children it will help develop motor skills , hand and eye coordination and locomotive skills eventually.
Examples are baby gyms, Baby chairs with interactive toys, swings, baby slides, rolling a ball etc.
What would be the benefits of this play?
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Imaginary play- Babies will not have the same concepts as older children as they are learning about the world around them. But they will still be able to use their imagination from an early age. An example is using a toy phone in the way an adult uses it. They are “pretending” it is real. Other examples are dolls and puppets.
Sensory Play- Babies love exploring with their senses, this is the main way they are learning about the environment they live in. They will explore with touch, taste, sight and sound and this will give them lots of information to learn from.
Examples play activities that babies will enjoy are water play (bath time), cold cooked spaghetti, gloop etc.
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Imaginary play- Babies will not have the same concepts as older children as they are learning about the world around them. But they will still be able to use their imagination from an early age. An example is using a toy phone in the way an adult uses it. They are “pretending” it is real. Other examples are dolls and puppets.
Sensory Play- Babies love exploring with their senses, this is the main way they are learning about the environment they live in. They will explore with touch, taste, sight and sound and this will give them lots of information to learn from.
Examples play activities that babies will enjoy are water play (bath time), cold cooked spaghetti, gloop etc.
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Creative play- Infants will not be as creative as older children in that they are unable to paint and make. However there are types of play that they can use freely and play as they wish, and explore resources. These types of play are called treasure basket and heuristic play.
Treasure basket play
A large number of objects are placed in a basket, they are natural objects and not toys. The baby is free to explore them as they choose. The adults role is to simply observe for safety and be a reassuring presence . The aim is to not direct the play, this is a form of child initiated play for babies.
This play is for babies that can sit and reach their own resources. Examples are fir cones, feathers, wooden spoons, shells etc
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Heuristic play
Very similar to treasure basket play. This is used with older babies and toddlers. The difference is plastic items are now included, although still not toys. Examples are tins in a variety of sizes and shapes, shells, wooden dolly pegs, cardboard tubes etc.
The idea is that an adult is not engaged with the child and the child freely explores.
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Construction play- When children are able to grasp and pick up as well as sit up the begin to be able to “put things together”. Examples are stacking cups, blocks and heuristic play.
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When planning activities why should the social stages of play be considered? Think, pair, share.
When planning activities why would it be important to consider the social stages of play?
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Free flow play (child initiated play)
This style of play allows children to move freely from one play are to another, both indoors and outdoors. The idea is they are free to explore and play with whatever resources they wish.
Most settings will have free flow play built into the daily routine.
Close reading of Tina Bruce’s features of play.
Discussion point- Do you think that true free flow takes place in a setting?
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Structured play
This is also referred to as “adult directed play” or “adult initiated play”.
This is the opposite to child initiated play, it has been structured by an adult and is purposeful play. This means there are objectives to the play, for example to develop language, literacy and mathematical skills.
Close reading of the types of structured play.
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Do you think there should be a mixture of both play types in a setting or just one of the types? Why?
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How do I complete assignments ?
Your assignments must be written academically, this means you do not speak in the first person unless you are required to recall on and refer to work experience.
You will need one document labelled bibliography that will be used for P1, P2,P3,P4, M1, M2 and D1, You will just add all references to this as you go, continuously updating this.
Your assignment title will be :
“Assignment 1 - Types of Play and the Influences Upon Early Years Provision”
You will then have sub headings for each criteria eg “P1”.
You will have 1 introduction that you will introduce what will be in the assignment, what can the reader expect to see? You will add to this each criteria complete. Eg in P1 what will you be discussing?
You must not plagiarise- (copy).
You must include in text referencing and a bibliography.
We will now look at how to make sure you are not plagiarising and how you use referencing.
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Types of Play and the Influences Upon Early Years Provision
Introduction
During this assignment there will be a discussion of the different types of play, in addition; Mildred Parten’s social stages of play and giving examples for each stage of play. It will also explain structured and free flow play as well as including examples of play. The benefits of different types of play and learning activities for children’s learning and development will be reviewed and their effectiveness of supporting development reviewed.
The assignment will also explain how play and learning activities support the holistic development of children, and discuss the importance of play and refer to information on article 31, The Rights of Children. Furthermore, theoretical perspectives to learning and development and their impact on early years will be examined, particularly Jean Piaget and Chris Athey. There will also be a comparison of two curriculum approaches to play and learning and their influences on a selected early years setting, assessing and evaluating the extent to which play and learning provision in a selected early years setting has been influenced by the chosen theoretical perspectives and curriculum approaches, and the benefits to children’s development.
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P1: Explain play types for children at different ages and stages of development.
Physical
Physical play is any activity that involves large movements of the limbs, this could be running around or catching a ball. This play is critical for children as it develops fine motor skills, gross motor skills, locomotive skills and hand eye coordination. Physical play gives children opportunities to socialise with others as well as trying out new toys as they have developed the gross and fine motor skills to play with both small and large toys (The Genius of Play, n/d).
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P1 assignment
You must explain the different type, making reference to examples, social stages of play, suitability/safety as well as structured and free flow play. Let’s look at the structure strip together.
