"Are we going to have any fun today?," is a cry heard in middle school classrooms across the country. Fun can be a sure fire way to brighten the day. The blog, Why Play? by Ann Larson Erickson, reminds us of the many lessons to be learned through the power of play. Below we share 4 of our favorite games that teach the blog's lessons.
I went home and I asked my children to play one of the games and they liked it. The game had the students engaged because I was engaged when I was playing and so were my kids. The interesting part is that the game is that it could be challenging but that will power of passing to the next level make you keep going. The game is also fun to play and you learn at the same time. Math being a concept that many children hate because of misconception this game can make them change their mind about math concepts. It also can be great for children to interact with one another as they help each other out when they get stuck in a particular section. This activity was so fun and interesting, that I am sure that many children will like it as
Play is essential to every part of children’s lives and is important to their development. It provides the children with different ways of doing things children will want to explore and learn new things.
The article “Why We Play” by Eva Holland is about the risks sports players face while playing the sport they love. They know of these risks, and accept that they might one day have to go through something hard. She starts out the article with a story about a rugby player that she knew. His neck was broken in an incident on the field, and he was paralyzed from the shoulders down. After this incident she heard two common phrases: “He was so young. He was only 20 years old” and “He was doing what he loved.” These phrases that she heard often at that time started to make her think. Was playing a sport really worth all of the risks involved with it? Her answer was simple, yes it is.
The relationship between play and learning seems obvious to many child professionals and parents, and yet there are still lack of understanding surrounding the importance of children's play. Some people believe that children need to "work" not play, and that playing serves no useful purpose in a learning and development environment. This is surprising considering that play, with its high levels of motivation and potential enjoyment empowers children (as well as people
When learning becomes fun the teachers find it less challenging for trying to keep the child engaged in the activity at hand. The job of the educator working with a play-based curriculum is to facilitate play, to draw out and extend what children learn through play (Play Based Programmes, 2015). Children have a variety of play spaces available that mimic their regular world around them, each space can be intertwined with another centre such as combining the truck centre with the block centre, or adding in some zoo animals to the area. The play based approach can be used by children of all abilities, it allows children to play independently or as a small group, and allows the children the opportunity to bring their home life into their play.
There are numerous theories of play and countless theorists, from Freud and Spencer to Piaget and Vygotsky, who have studied play in relation to what it is and what it does for the child. This essay will outline the definition and value of play and the importance of how it can foster the child’s learning in regards to these theorists who studied the effects in great detail. It will discuss the how the environments constructed by educators can impact play and the theories of learning relating to the quote “play and learning are inextricably woven together ...” Ebbeck and Waniganayake, 2010, p. 5).
Alina Girardot Mrs. Selllas English 9 2 October 2017 THESIS: In the story, Rules of the Game by Amy Tan, Mrs. Jong deserves more of the credit then Waverly when it comes to Waverly’s succession at chess. Waverly Place Jong, the youngest of three, became a national chess champion at nine years old. She became a national star, even being featured in a Times magazine.
When a woman is a single mother raising one or more children with autism, they are constantly stressed and overwhelmed even though they love their children. But, when a female goes to the doctor’s office, currently pregnant, and is told that her offspring has a higher risk of developing autism due to the environmental factors or medications around her lifestyle, it is shocking and heartbreaking to a woman. The medications in current vaccines for children are extremely harmful to children and exede the normal guidelines for the amount of medications able to be given (Wakefield). It is not even the vaccine itself, but also the specific components of certain medicines that lead to prenatal and postnatal complications.
When we send our children out to play, a bit of guilt may arise that we are not creating structured learning experiences. But, fort building banishes this guilt. Play is not frivolous entertainment or silliness. It consists of loving the learning process.
Many people enjoy parrticipating in school activities. Many parents agree that after school are not only enjoyable but also help students in the classroom. Participating in a play is enjoyable because student can hang out with friends, students get regonized, and students get to choose their role.
Similarly, Keating et al (2000) reported the dilemma facing teachers who are required to provide continual recorded evidence of learning and achievement to both parents and professionals. So, should teaching professionals encourage quality learning through active play, which is often difficult to formally assess compared to the readily assessable written tasks, or should we choose more formal work which may sacrifice the quality of the child's learning experience? The current focus on the expectations of achievement that I have observed, and have suffered scrutiny of, has highlighted a perception of play being somehow inferior and supplementary to learning rather than as an important medium of learning in its own right. Keating (2000) believed that through observing child initiated play, especially in its recreational form, play may not directly relate to better cognition as measured in SATs tests, but conversely, can foster other important abilities, such as persistence, self-esteem, task-orientation, creativity and positive attitudes to learning. Then, if play highlights so many important learning aptitudes within the classroom, what does or should good practice entail?
Everything a child learns is learned through play. It is essential to a child's development. Playing is experiencing and it is through experience that children learn.
People tend to think that play and game is considered as similar types of leisure. Gaming is sometimes expensive and resources are required; there are rules, structures and even involvement relies on the selected strategy. However playing is free to practice, safe, without any rules of commitment and no equipment needed. According to some Educational theorist, gaming is behaviorist, whereas playing is constructivist. But what is the relationship between play and game? This essay’s aim is to clarify the understanding of this relationship, by basing some example on the angry birds game. At first a definition of play will be discussed, secondly a definition of game will be analyzed, thirdly the concept of immersion and interactivity will be pointed out and finally the relationship between play and game will be identify.
When you think of play you don’t really think about or realize how important it really is in a child’s life. It consists of five elements, and these elements are the make-up and the meaning of play. The first element is that it is pleasurable and enjoyable. This means it must be fun! In order for it to be considered play, there must be a fun and enjoyable element to it. Play also has no extrinsic goal which means it is engaged for
Play is the foundation stone of children’s healthy and productive lives (Oliver & Klugman, 2002) and is also a significant means of child’s learning and development (Zigler, Singer & Bishop-