“Play is not the predominant feature of childhood, bit it is
a learning factor in development.”
Bruce(1991)
It has been made clear by many educationalists, psychologist, including, Froebel, Vygotsky, and
Piaget that play has a great influence of the child’s learning and development.
Play enables children to connect to real life experience which allows
the child to develop their initiative, and to build resilience which equips
them for disappointments. By having a strong, yet positive resilience outlook
children are more confident learners allowing them to take risks and to not get
affected by getting things wrong but will lead to wanting to learn and work out
the correct solution.
Through play children are able to;
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Make relationships
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Have freedom and choice
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Build communications skills
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Be in control
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Develop all areas of learning in the national
curriculum
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Make rules and follow their boundaries
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Be happy
The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education project (EPPE) suggested the approach
of child-led activities, which are unstructured, and adult-led
activities which are structured. The project believed that with the two
approaches being used effectively that the “activities can produce the best
outcomes for children” Broadhead (2010). In order for children to develop
successfully there must be opportunities of both approaches. As children need
to learn independently, off one and another, but also to be challenged in order
to scaffold learning. “Play activities enable children to make connections with
many areas of learning and experience” Broadhead (2010). Play helps all areas
of learning including cognitive development, physical development, social
development, cultural development and most importantly develops crucial life skills.
Explained in the video clip are the many positive outcomes
of play. As stated through play children are able to create themselves, meaning
they build on their communication, find out their interested and develop
themselves. By play coming natural to a child it is critical that we allow
the child to explore themselves through play, as they develop and learn skills
naturally they are more likely to remember the consequence of their action.
“Play can thrive in the more open, flexible, diverse and
indeterminate nature of the outdoor
environment where children have greater space, freedom of movement, choice of
control” Broadhead (2010)
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