Observing & Assessing Play Through Evaluation
According to John Dewey, observation is exploration and inquiry for the sake of discovering something previously hidden or unknown. Adult will watch and listen closely to children. Besides that alos work and play with them to find out their interests, their attention and their understanding of the world. Ways to record obeservation: Jot notes. Make [...]
The Role of Preprimary Teachers in Creativty & Play
Preprimary Teachers should: Give countless opportunities. Do not expect the child to produce a finish product. Move along with the child’s imaginative ideas e.g. provide materials that for the child to play with. Reinforce the child’s production of ideas Structured materials such as puzzle cannot give the child freedom to express themselve because there is [...]
Creativity & Play in Children
Importance of creativity in play: Personality characteristic – For the child well-being by improving their self-esteem and self-worth. When they express their creativity, they express their emotions. Intellectual process – To develop intellectual growth as creativity allows children to explore ways to solve problems because a problem can have various ways to solve. They learn [...]
Types of Play & Play Materials
Toddlers play: Solitary play Toddler play on their own, independently of others Parallel play Become more aware of one another, begin to play side by side without interacting Associated play Involve social interaction, interested in each other play but without an agree-upon plan Cooperative play Children join force in an active way, they must work [...]
Role of Caregivers & Teachers
Toddlers need friendly voice that encourage, reassure, approve, and a physical presence that can be relied to be aware of safety and the their undeveloped sense of caution, and lack of coordination. Caregivers & Teachers should not interrupt the children’s concentration but only intervene during appropraite time such as matters concerning safety of the children. [...]
What is Play & Learning?
Often people will think that play is just play. The child just play and won’t learn anything. The fact is that the child learn when he/she plays. A child only know what is play as this is a spontaneous act. A child doesn’t need to be taught on how to play but they must be [...]
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