Symbolic Play

Dramatic play permits children to fit the reality of the world into their own interests and knowledge. One of the purest forms of symbolic thought available to young children, dramatic play, contributes strongly to the intellectual development of children. Young children learn by imagining and doing and dramatic play allows them to do so. Dramatic play also promotes the use of speaking and listening skills. When children take part in this type of play, they practice words they have heard others say, and realize that they must listen to what other “players” say in order to be able to respond in an appropriate fashion. This style of play also promotes the development of social skills through interaction with others, peers or adults, which is a necessary factor in a child’s future.

On Friday, October 16th at 7:30pm, a friend and myself saw the play Proof. This play took place at the UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts and David Auburn created this romantic drama production. The plot of this story takes place in a house in Chicago and only has four characters who have leading roles in the play; Catherine, Robert, Claire, and Herold Dobbs. Catherine, who has inherited her late father’s mathematical brilliance, but is haunted by the fear that she might also share his life-threatening mental illness. She has spent years caring for her now-deceased father, and upon his death, she feels left alone to pick up the pieces of her life without him. Caught between a newfound connection with Harold Dobbs, who is one of her father’s

I am Kainan Ducote,and I beileve it is important that children are able to get both imanagintive and creative play. Reasoning for saying this is because with creative play it helps them learn how to provide for them selfs. Another reason is like the passage says "They learn to lead ,follow,problem solve,and negotiate." It is very important to know how to get along with others all threw life. It is also very important to know how to negotiate if you ask me. With these reasons it also helps toughen them up.

In nine chapters, Elkind takes the reader from the changing world of play to the power of play in learning and development. In all nine chapters play should be abounding, enjoyable, undertaker, purposeful and natural. Elkind claims that play, love and work are three inborn drives that power human thought

The significance of children’s imaginative play is presented from the perspective of Descriptive Psychology and in particular Ossorio’s Dramaturgical model of persons. The fluidity of imaginative play, the imitation of and creation of social practices and options within play as well as the opportunity to switch roles and act according to reasons of another, contribute to the development of judgment. The observer-critic role emerges during imaginative play as children produce, direct, and enact their dramas. Within these scenarios, children develop competence and eligibility to be not only status assigners but also self status assigners. During

Such Child needs several adjustments in their environment to encourage them participate in manipulatives play; “Children who are not able to stand (such as those with crutches) or sit without support need to have tables that are built with recesses and strap harnesses. Wooden or metal poles are strapped to the child's body to free their hands and allow them to participate in play”. (Saracho, 2012, P. 106) (6). Children who are using a wheelchair need “manipulative play tables to be high enough for a wheelchair to be rolled under the table. “Effective modifications to develop active and independent play consist of stabilizing the toys, limiting the movement of movable toys, and offering grasping aids, manipulation aids, and switches”. (Saracho,

I thought the readings this week were quite different content wise. Theresa A. Kestly’s work, “The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Play” had a more scientific take, allowing us to understand the neurobiology behind play and play experiences. Kestly discusses Panksepp’s Motivational Circuits, Porges Polyvagal Theory, the importance of Infant-Parent play and regulation, play in attachment terms, play in regards to the nervous system, Bruce Perry’s works on the Brain, and many other prominent theories and theorist within the field. Overall, I feel like Kestly provided a lot of supporting content and information for play therapy.

I believe that it is more important to alow a child to focus more on creative play. Here are three statements that support my opinion, I think that creative play is apart of every childs childhood. Another reason is that a child can learn alot from playing creatively. My final reason is that creative play can teach a child to be a leader.

Creative Play is a very important part of a childs life. It give children the sence of independency, leadership and self control. When children are allowed to play creatively, It allows them to express themselves and gives them the courage to do things that they have never done before. I can say from experience,that when you give a child the chance to teach, and lead on there own it shows them that you they have the power to do anything that they put their minds to. It also give them the ability to explore new ideas and develop sense of self. It lets them know that they will not always have someone there, and that sometimes they will be in total control of what, when and how they do things in life.A

In my own opinion I believe creative play is more important. I agree with the "Helping Children Play Creatively" article that creative play is important, it benefits the child by helping to enhance critical thinking, problem solving skills and social skills. I believe that a child should be able to free-play at a young age developing all the helpful skills listed above, Then As the child matures he will pick and chose what types of organized activities he wants to participate in. In self experience ive noticed a young child can be pressured into his parents decisions of what organized activity he or she is assigned to, thus possibly becoming stressed. On the other hand I do believe organized activities are also important. They teach

Children growing up should not be forced to either creative play or an organized play. Studies has proved good and bad in both sides. A child growing up needs his/her free time to grow, but he/she needs to be told to do some stuff to

Creative play: Creative play is been expressive, imaginative, artistic, used thoughts, emotion and is when meaning is been created and conveyed.

As this class comes to a close, I can say this has been an interesting course. It has been compelling seeing how play ties into different elements of psychology, neurobiology as well as numerous other social sciences. It was also intriguing to learn about the therapeutic aspects of play and how it can be beneficial to troubled children. Probably the most surprising aspect of the class was visiting the CI2 lab and seeing how it relates to the course.

My report paper is based upon Erikson’s psychosocial approach in the dimension of play during the life stages of infancy and early school age. Psychosocial approach interested me the most because it involves every stage of development from infancy to death in which there is a psychosocial crisis that the person has to overcome to successfully move to the next stage of development. These psychosocial crises are viewed as tension which are a normal experience for each individual because a person’s competencies and the demands that are place upon them by society are not the same. Erikson’s view of play interested me more than Piaget and Vygotsky’s which is why I chose to focus on the psychosocial theory of play. According to Erikson, “The play often not only represented the problem but also offers a solution so that children experience some new sense of resolution and a reduction in the tension associated with the conflict” (Newman & Newman, 2012, p. 214). Psychosocial is a combination of interactions among biological, psychological, and societal processes which allows us to understand that this approach has a multi-disciplinary view. When a person has a positive resolution to each crisis it helps the person become able to be successful in the following stages which is why it is so important to be able to adapt. The way a person handles their life experiences also influences how the direction of development occurs as well as the biological and societal aspects. These

“For young children, there is no distinction between play and learning; they are one and the same. Playing is a priority in early childhood, yet not all play is the same” (Butler, 2008, p. 1). Since the beginning of mankind children have imitated adults and learned to survive through play. Evidence of this includes toys and board games from 6,000 years ago that have been found in Egypt and Asia (Dollinger, 2000). In the last two centuries, child’s play has been observed and studied by theorists and recognized as an important tool for adult life. Three theorists that studied children and spent their lives researching how children develop were Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. These theorists agreed that from the time a child is