The reflections about play helped me learn what a tremendous impact play has on human development throughout our entire lives. From the time we are infants, play keeps us company and enables us to develop our social, physical and mental skills. The ability and desire to play is evident in most children and seems to consume most of their waking hours. Imagination is also a huge part of play, and both help children explore as well as navigate the world around them. As we get older and enter into adolescence, play seems less carefree and spontaneous. There becomes more concerned about ourselves through the eyes of our peers rather than our own feelings. Adolescent play is more controlled and is often in the form of sports and games of which peer …show more content…
These barriers that I have found are school, trouble with following through, lack of transportation, money, and time. The most important of the barriers that I face is my inability or trouble with following through. My lack of follow through has prevented me from reaching my highest potential. My plan to deal with this issue and weakness of mine is to make a calendar and daily schedule that will help me plan my day accordingly this will also help me manage my school work and help me budget my time better. This will also allow me to pursue my life long goals and will allow me break through these barriers. My lack of transportation can be solved through using Uber and by using the bus. For money, I will find a job and start working both as way to improve my resume and to earn money. Every Dollar, that I earn will go into two accounts one for fun and the over for saving after all my expenses have been paid. I will use the money that I have saved up at the end of the month to do something fun for myself. My life goals are to become a manager of major hotel and or to go into wealth management, have a nice family, to own a car, and to travel and see the world. In order to accomplish these goals I will have to earn a degree in Tourism, Hospitality, and Recreation management for California State University, Northridge, intern for various hotels …show more content…
I have learned through my life is that the most important or the meaning of life is the people in your life. There is no point of having a nice car or a house if there is not anyone to share it with. Play has taught me this lesson time and time again. The values that I have tried to keep and are a part of me are leadership, friends and family, grit, and God. Friends and family are the most important value in my opinion because no matter what happens to you in your life regardless of it being good or bad, your friends and family will always be there for you. Grit is defined as courage and unwavering determination. Grit helps determines what kind of life you want to lead. There is always pain and setbacks in life but this should never stop you. Leadership is important it is up to a person to help lead and help people determine what is right and wrong regardless of the consequences. God is very important in my life because I believe in a higher power and believe that he wants us to help other people achieve their highest potential. Working for me has taught me leadership, teamwork, and how to be a good person. Leadership that I have learned has shown me to always place the needs of your co workers and the customers ahead of yourself. This means your needs always come last and you need to complete the task or project on time and done
“Play is a process that is freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated. Children and young people determine and control the content and intent of their play by following their instincts, ideas and interests in their own way and for their own reasons. The child chooses when and how to play and this is seen as a biological drive, essential to health and well-being.”
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
This assignment is all about play and learning for children and young people. Play is engaging in an activity for enjoyment and pleasure however can also be used for learning purposes and development in children and young people. Play activities can be planned by practitioners within the setting or can be free-play, when a child goes off and plays by themselves. Play can be carried out individually or in groups and can also be carried out in different environments such as indoors and outdoors. ‘Research confirms the importance of play for infants in developing children’s brains and minds.’ (http://playtherapy.org.uk/ChildrensEmotionalWellBeing/AboutPlayTherapy/MainPrinciples/PlayDefinition) this is why practitioners encourage young children
“What makes something play and what play ‘means’ to culture continues to be potential redefined through changing social practice. The strength of the concept of play relies on the binding together of many different social conditions which people may understand as play, but which cannot be collectively defined by any firm set of rules or boundaries. Because play is not a distinct, discrete set of activities, but rather a characteristic which is present to varying degrees in many different kinds of human behavior, it is necessary to look at play from multiple perspectives, drawing together threads of analysis.”26
In this assignment I plan to explain how play helps to improve the development of children and young people. Play is extremely important for the development of children. It is important that from a young age children play with things like toys and even with other children. Between the ages of 0 – 3 is when children develop the most. Through play children can improve their fine and gross motor skills by using toys such as shape sorters and using musical tables which have buttons and things to turn. This helps to develop fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are developed through crawling and learning to walk. If children have toys that are spread out whilst
Children develop normally when they are exposed to different types of play that allow them to express themselves while using their imaginations and being physically active. According to the Center for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness, “Play is child’s work”; this is true because it is a child’s job is to learn and develop in their first few years of life, in order for them to do this, they play (CHETNA). Not only is playing a child’s full time job, the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights listed play as a right of every child (Ginsburg). Through their full time job of play, the children develop emotionally, socially, physically, and creatively. Children need to participate in child-led play in order to
Play is central to the development of children, enabling them to make sense of their world as they learn through exploration and experimentation. Susan Isaacs said ‘play is indeed the child’s work and the means whereby he grows and develops’. (Isaacs,1929) Play can support a child’s social, emotional and behavioural development through the following:
In order to understand play and how it may benefit young children we must first be able to define it, however this creates the initial issue. This is due to the fact that the concept of play is disreputably difficult to define (Burghardt 2011). Although despite this we are able to split the concept of play into four various aspects, as described by Linda Rose Krasnor and Debra J. Pepler (1980), positive affect, flexibility, intrinsic movement and nonliterality.
In the case of play, there has being a long time, been misunderstood as the opposite of work or something not serious. Actually, using play to mentor children does not mean the curriculum is not professional and beneficial. In contrast, it means cherishing children and respecting the nature of learning at their age. In fact, play is essential for children’s development and for their learning life skills. Pramling & Fleer (2009) suggests that there is no standard definition for play, it is more like an attitude of mind, play could be viewed in its broadest sense as describing almost all the activities that young children engage in. In this essay, I briefly describe the value of play and how play relates to children’s learning and
The purpose of the study was to see if play will enhance the cognitive development of the child or children. We want to find out if play really shows us that the child or children is thinking or using problem-solving skills. The aspect of cognitive development the is the focus of the study is classification and symbolic play.
Play is such a vital process through which children learn and develop.Play gives children the opportunity to learn, develop and experiment outside the constraints of real life. Through play children gain skills, knowledge and experiences and they get prepared to stand up as a human being and a member of society. But only by playing children do not reach up to that level. At some point of time the adult intervention is required to get the right direction of 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).
Play is the business of childhood, allowing your child free rein to experiment with the world around him and the emotional world inside him, says Linda Acredolo, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis and co-author of Baby Signs: How to Talk With Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk and Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love. While it may look like mere child's play to you, there's a lot of work — problem solving, skill building, overcoming physical and mental challenges — going on behind the scenes. Here are some of the things your child is experiencing and learning, along with ideas on how you can help boost the benefits of his play. Play builds the
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-
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