1.1 Explain The Importance Of Play

I believe that children can and do learn a variety of different skills while playing and because of this I also believe that play and learning go hand and hand. Play is the serious business of young children and the opportunity to play freely is vital to their healthy development. I believe that there are also a good deal of different benefits that children gain from play like, play fosters physical development by promoting the development of sensory exploration and motor skills. Through play and the repetition of basic physical skills, children perfect their abilities and become competent at increasingly difficult physical tasks. Play fosters mental development and new ways of thinking and problem solving. Through block play, children are
Play is a child’s context for learning. Children practice and reinforce their learning in multiple areas during play, play gives them a place and a time for learning that cannot be achieved through completing a worksheet. For example, in playing restaurant, children write and draw menus, set prices, take orders, and make out checks. Play provides rich learning opportunities and also leads to children’s success and self-esteem. There are so many different types of play and each one in its own way can help children in one area or another grow stronger and stronger in a certain area. A few of the different types of play are symbolic, sociodramatic, functional, and games with rules. As a teacher I want the children in my class to be able to play how they want and be able to use there imaginations in a way that keeps them growing and evolving, by helping them learn new skills or new words that they might not have known before. I want the children to enjoying coming to school and learning not only while we are doing classroom work, but also while playing. I want to be able to achieve this by, being careful to avoid dominating the play