Importance of Play and the Cognitive Development of Children Marlene Joy M. Cepeda Western Governors University Abstract The focus on academic success and high assessment scores has led many educators and administrators to perceive play as an unimportant part of a child’s development. But play does lay a good foundation developmentally for children. Through each different types of play‚ a child develops the necessary skills in order to succeed. When children are given opportunities
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native countries to find safety and stability‚ according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Few people fully realize the hardships refugee families face once they have landed in a new country with very little to their name. Through still photographs‚ New Roots aims to document the first year of resettlement for a refugee family as they come to America and settle in Rochester‚ New York. As of June 2013‚ the total population of concern to the UNHCR has reached an all-time high
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Why Childern Should Play Sports.! Why playing sports help kids‚ now and in the future I think all students should play a team sport. Playing a team sport can produce several benefits to the student‚ family‚ and also the community. Team sports can be very educational and also healthy for children of all ages. It can help them have fun‚ improve skills‚ learn skills and gain new friends. It too can help them become physically fit. Sports focus mainly on speed‚ strength‚ coordination‚ vision and responsiveness
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Questions and Activities Please read the checklist at the end of this assessment before you begin. 1. Why is play important for children? Play is important for children because playing is the process that essential to children’s developmental progress. Children need to go through each level of process to generate‚ develop and enhance their developmental progress and well being. In playing‚ children will need to use their physical ability‚ able to explore and apply their creativity and naturally started
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emphasis on early child development‚ play is without a doubt endangered in today’s society. Academic development as we know is thought of as the key to success for a child‚ and the earlier the child is push to start‚ the more successful he will become. While this idea has completely rendered academia as the ideal way for a child to succeed‚ it completely undermined the importance and benefits of play. Play helps build characters‚ and by participating in play children are allowed the opportunity to develop
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performed intense austerities to please Shiva‚ who finally granted her the boon that would cure her of the curse. When Agni‚ the god of fire‚ gave Dasharath‚ the king of Ayodhya‚ a bowl of sacred dessert to share among his wives so they may have divine children‚ an eagle snatched a part of the pudding and dropped it where Anjana was meditating‚ and Pavana‚ the god of wind delivered the drop to her outstretched hands. After she took the divine dessert‚ she gave birth to Hanuman. Thus Lord Shiva incarnated
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I agree that art and music programs are indispensable for young children besides math‚ history‚ science and language. Art and music are widely recognized in many cultures as a part of our life. In addition to their value to culture and society‚ art and music can contribute significantly to children’s intellectual development‚ memory improvement‚ aesthetical development‚ self-discipline‚ self-confidence and communication skills. Music and art have been proved by plenty of scientific evidence as
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SUPPORTING CHILDREN THROUGH 5 DIFFERENT TRASITIONS STARTING HIGH SCHOOL Find out what their worries are about starting‚then break those down and explain how everyone that starts H/S is going through the same feelings and emotions.Go to the H/S together and have a look around it‚so it does not feel so big and strange on the first day.Meet and speak to some teachers‚so that they feel reasurred about starting and not everyone at the school will be a stranger.See if the child wants you to
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Athletics tend to be a major component of American culture. It has become common for parents to push their children to be great in sports. Americans tend to focus on the word “push.” Saying parents should push their children to play sports implies force; therefore‚ parents should encourage their child to play sports or participate in an extra-curricular activity. For many years‚ America has been considered an obese nation. Efforts to lower the obesity level have been made such as increasing pay
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In “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete” the author Jessica Statsky showed concerned towards growing trend of parents promoting highly competitive organized games for their children. According to Statsky these games with adult and high standards are not less than a job for children especially when they need to enjoy. Statsky explained this thought with example that how badly such games create problem for children both physically as well as psychology. she further said that in competitions the fear
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