Play Number Of Children $ 44 Type Of Play

When teacher asking him where he got he just show the direction with right hand and again started to play alone. This is example of solitary play.

While some children were playing “house” others were taking part in constructive play. In this stage, toddlers have a deep understanding of what various objects can do and will now try to build things with the toys and everyday objects they find around them. One child had a box of blocks and was building a train track. Once he finished he assembled a line of trains to ride along the track he had just built. He repeatedly made noises that trains usually make such as “choo-choo.” Other children were interlocking Lego blocks and creating various structures while some were playing with play-dough and sculpting

Context: I was observing one child playing on the playground at the Brookville Center for Children’s Services. The child was female, and her name was Vanessa. She is three years old and is very energetic. During my observation, I noticed her interacting with another child at the daycare. The other child was male and one year older. Both students were taking turns climbing up the ladder to slide down the playground slide.

4. What do Piggy and Ralph spot in the sand, and what do they do with it?

In the toddler classroom, the children interacted with each other, however many of them were more interested in playing and exploring on their own. The children enjoyed free play at learning centers, story time, and outside play during my observation. The toddlers preferred parallel play in which the children used similar toys in similar ways, but did not interact with each other. For example, when one child began playing with the kitchen toys in the dramatic play center, soon all of the children began playing with the available plastic food items. However, the children were more interested in showing the teachers what they were doing and

Freely chosen play is where children are able to choose what they want to do

10 field players and 1 goalie. The goalie can use their hands in the goal box.

each other, I played with little Minou in the back seat and pretended not to hear them." -

Making relationships: children play co-operatively, taking turns with others. They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity. They show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.”

Blocks: Blocks, accessories and space must be enough for at least 3 children to play at the same time:

When I was watching I noticed that most of the kids were interacting with the other children in the room in one way or another. There were a few who would play by themselves for a while but

The team needs to be aware of all the children situations, to all work in the same direction and provide a common and strong support or pace of action. Moreover, through observing kid’s needs, the team can share what they have spotted and thereafter set the play setting according to their needs, likes and dislikes. At the same time, the team is responsible to act collaboratively to keep the space safe and “organised” for the kids to enjoy fully of their time to play and take the most of it, for the same reason the team needs to be ready to respond, trigger and challenge to children’s cues.

Enjoys playing with other children for a few minutes or have a couple of close friends they play with

4. Four friends decided to go out and play horseshoes. They took a picture of their results shown to the right:

Katrena did not show any in what they were independently playing with. EV Staff would interact with the children. The children asked EV Staff to play multiple times, and after a while EV staff told them they should ask there mom to play with them, so they can all spend time together. Katrena would hear this sometimes, and ask EV Staff what they were saying. EV Staff said they want you to spend some time with them too. EV Staff will generally interact with the children to show the parent what to do, but if you do this with Katrena she will not become involved, and continue to color or focus only on one