Tips for Play and Development

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Tips for Play and Development Toddlers aged two to three years of age are in a very progressive and transitional time in their development. A child’s development depends on both hereditary traits and genealogical composition, considered “nature” or what is in their DNA, and the child’s experiences and relationships, or “nurture”. The relationship a child has with their parents “is the foundation of his or her healthy development” ( Nurturing Your Child's Development from 24 to 36 Months - ZERO TO THREE ) . “What children experience, including how their parents respond to them, shapes their development as they adapt to the world” ( Nurturing Your Child's Development from 24 to 36 Months - ZERO TO THREE ) . All areas of their development- social, emotional, intellectual, language and physical/motor are connected- influencing each other. Between 24-36 months, toddlers are developing their cognitive and thinking skills, social and emotional skills, language and communication skills, and their physical skills and movement including balance and fine and gross motor skills. Most children by the ages of two or three are already walking and talking, and are playing, interacting with others, and exploring their environment. Children between the ages of two and three are learning new words, new movements, and new ways of thinking every single day. Developmental milestones of children aged 24 to 36 months of age include the ability to walk, talk, move, sing, dance, imagine, and play. Children between the ages of two and three are learning to talk and to communicate and interact with others. Social and emotional milestones include talking well enough for others to understand, communicating feelings, recognizing others’ feelings, beginning to regulate their own emotions and talking to, interacting with, and playing with other children. Examples of this include when a child “calms down within 10 minutes after you leave, like at a childcare drop off” and when a child “notices other children and joins them to play” ( Important Milestones: Your Baby By Three Years | CDC ). Language and communication milestones consist of answering and responding to questions, making requests and asking for things, talking in a conversation involving multiple back-and-forth exchanges, and asking questions involving “who,” “what,” “where,” or “why”. Another milestone for children this age is recognizing actions such as saying what action is happening in a picture or book when asked. Children between 2 and 3 should also be able to acknowledge members of their family and recognize and say their own name. Cognitive milestones related to thinking, learning, and problem-solving for children between 24 and 36 months include copying speech like repeating words and reproducing a movement or task when asked like mimicking a dance or drawing a shape like a circle, when they are shown how. Another milestone includes listening to instruction and following rules like avoiding touching hot objects, like a stove, when they are warned and not climbing on furniture after being repeated told it is not allowed. Sorting blocks and putting puzzles together are also play-related activities that display cognitive skills and the development of problem-solving skills. Children will also be able to recognize and label certain familiar objects, people, shapes,

numbers, and colors by the age of three. Children begin to learn their colors and simple numbers and letters around this age. Physical or movement related development milestones include the ability to crawl, walk, run, and dance, as well as coloring, drawing, painting, stringing things together such as when making crafts, putting simple puzzles together, building with blocks, playing with toys, feeding themselves with their hand and with eating utensils like forks and spoons, and putting on some clothes- like pants, a shirt, or a jacket. Children between the ages of 2 and 3 partake in physical play, pretend or imaginative play, social play, and symbolic play. They make intentional movements like dancing, crawling, walking, running, skipping, jumping, and climbing. Playful experiences that could be used to promote learning and development for children aged 24 to 36 months include building a fort to pretend play such as pretending that the child is a knight, a prince, or a princess, and you are a dragon, and creating a setting using building blocks and playing with dolls or action figures. Building a fort and playing pretend is a great way to get children to use their imagination while helping develop their motor skills and foster cognitive development. Building with blocks and playing with dolls or action figures is a great way to help children explore emotions and feelings while developing social skills while helping them develop physical skills. Children can also be asked during these activities what the different colors of toys are and how many of each certain object there are. Children can learn their colors, shapes, numbers, and letters while playing and developing skills in a fun and interactive environment. Two sources of information that I consider important to educators for promoting play during early childhood (other than those listed in the module) are the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website (Important Milestones: Your Baby By Three Years | CDC ) and the VeryWell Family website (Development Milestones for Your 3-Year-Old Child (verywellfamily.com) ). I consider these resources to be of value to teachers and educators when considering the importance of play during early childhood because they each go over the developmental milestones for the different age groups of young children and they give examples of play and activities to do with children to help promote their development. References  Mraz, K., Porcelli, A., & Tyler, C. (n.d.). Purposeful Play: A Teacher’s Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day.  Important Milestones: Your Baby By Three Years | CDC https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-3yr.html  Development Milestones for Your 3-Year-Old Child (verywellfamily.com) https://www.verywellfamily.com/3-year-old-developmental-milestones-2764712  Nurturing Your Child's Development from 24 to 36 Months - ZERO TO THREE https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/nurturing-your-childs-development-from-24-to-36- months/  Component 2: Developing children's social and ... - KidsMatter (yumpu.com)

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