Why Is It Important To Play In The Early Years
Play in the Early Years
Fred Rogers (1999) “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Play in the early years is a massive contributor to children’s learning. Play begins from an early age and is developed through early years settings in order to prepare children for school.
The principle of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (from September 2014) focusses on four key points; every child is unique, positive relations enables children to learn to be independent, enabling environments help children to learn and develop, children learn and develop at different rates and in different ways. The framework also states that play is essential for children’s development. It helps children build confidence, relate to others and think about …show more content…
This is a great start to their knowledge of science (solids and liquids) and geography (weather/climate) in later years. The practitioner could develop this game in order to expand on the children’s understanding of the world – which is one of the subjects in the early year’s framework. Moyles (1988, as sited by Kay 2005) looked at the relationship between structured adult led play and free-flow child led play. He found that the quality of the play was the most important factor, regardless of whether it was adult or child led. He believes adults have a role in extending or initiating the learning of children’s play, by giving children the ‘raw material’ and resources. The activity in the transcript was free-flow child led play. However, the teacher had given the children the role play ‘Frozen’ area and the costumes, to initiate the children’s game. They could also expand on what the children had learnt during their game, in order to make high quality
Fred Rogers (1999) “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Play in the early years is a massive contributor to children’s learning. Play begins from an early age and is developed through early years settings in order to prepare children for school.
The principle of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (from September 2014) focusses on four key points; every child is unique, positive relations enables children to learn to be independent, enabling environments help children to learn and develop, children learn and develop at different rates and in different ways. The framework also states that play is essential for children’s development. It helps children build confidence, relate to others and think about …show more content…
This is a great start to their knowledge of science (solids and liquids) and geography (weather/climate) in later years. The practitioner could develop this game in order to expand on the children’s understanding of the world – which is one of the subjects in the early year’s framework. Moyles (1988, as sited by Kay 2005) looked at the relationship between structured adult led play and free-flow child led play. He found that the quality of the play was the most important factor, regardless of whether it was adult or child led. He believes adults have a role in extending or initiating the learning of children’s play, by giving children the ‘raw material’ and resources. The activity in the transcript was free-flow child led play. However, the teacher had given the children the role play ‘Frozen’ area and the costumes, to initiate the children’s game. They could also expand on what the children had learnt during their game, in order to make high quality