Unit 7Play and Learning
in Children’s Education
Aim
Understand how to support children’s play
Objectives To describe ‘What is play?’
To explain what P.I.L.E.S. stands for
To name the different types of play
Ice breaker
• Write down on the post it note ‘what is play?’
• Think about your own childhood experiences of play • On the reverse side of the post it note
write down ‘how does play help children?’
• Feed back to the group.
Play helpsPlay helps
Play helpsDevelops
communication
Develops imagination
Gives a sensory experience
Concentration skills
Develops creativity
Explore their interests
Play helps
children have fun
Express emotions
Develop KUW
Develops PSRN
Helps develop social skills
Develops fine and gross motor skills
Holistic?
• What do we mean by using the term
‘Holistic Development’?
Holistic means: including or encompassing everything that is expected or appropriate complete, including all parts or aspects, with nothing left out
What is play? (1)
• Play is an activity that children are motivated to do from within themselves.
• Children play in their own chosen way.• It has been said that ‘play’ is a child’s
‘work’.
What is play? (2)
There are many ‘play’ activities for children that most adults regard as ‘work’, such as:– cooking– washing-up– digging– shopping– setting the table– washing (dolls’) clothes.
What is play? (3)
Activities that some think are ‘work’ are pleasurable hobbies to others, such as:– sewing– DIY– gardening– car maintenance.
What are your activities or hobbies?
• Complete hand out 6.2 Categories of Play.
• Write the play activities under the appropriate category you think they fit into.
• Answer questions 2,3,4,5. • Get ready to feed back to the class.• You have 10 minutes
Activity
Activity 6.2 AnswersPhysical Manipulative Exploratory Imaginative Creative
Bats/Balls Clay/Modelling Corn flour Dressing up Modelling –recycled materials
Trikes/bikesscooters
Board games Water Role Play Painting
Construct o straws Sand Puppets Collage
Wooden blocks
Jigsaws Natural Materials Fuzzy felt pictures
Threading Outside Trains -Tracks Music
Lego/Duplo Heuristic Play Garage cars Drama
Physical play
Physical play activities:• use the whole body• promote gross motor skill development• often take place outdoors• usually require a large space.• locomotor skills• fine motor skills
Manipulative play
Manipulative play activities:• promote fine motor skills• help children develop control of objects • help children develop the ability to
manipulate• help children become independent (e.g.
in feeding and dressing).
Imaginative play
Imaginative play activities encourage the use of imagination and include:– ‘small world’ toys (e.g. farms, garages, trains,
castles)– puppets (e.g. glove or finger)– stories (e.g. listening, telling, writing, acting
out)– role play (e.g. pretending to be another
person).
Exploratory play: • encourages children to be curious and explore new
materials and situations• requires safe materials and working environments
and appropriate supervision• uses natural materials (e.g. water, wet or dry sand,
clay or play-dough and mud) so children can discover how they ‘behave’ (what happens ‘when’ or ‘if’ they do something with it or to it)
• allows children to explore sounds, smells, tastes and textures.
Exploratory play
Creative play
Creativity involves original ideas.There does not always have to be a final product – the process is more important!Creative play activities include:– music activities (e.g. creating sounds, responding to
music through movement or painting or drawing)– dance or gymnastics– painting and drawing– collage– modelling with recycled materials or clay or dough– writing stories or poem
Resources
‘Resources’ is a broad term for everything that is needed for an activity, to include:– materials and equipment– supervision– space/working area– special clothing– time.
What is P.I.L.E.S?
This is an acronym and it stands for different types of children's development, can you fill in the blanks?• P• I• L• E• S
Child Development
• P= physicalI=intellectualL=languageE=emotionalS=social
Lesson Recap
• Each taking turns to say what you have learnt today!
• Try and not to repeat what someone else has said.
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