‘All children and young people need to play; it is a biological, psychological and social necessity that is fundamental to healthy development’.…
(E4) In contemporary society there is an increasing understanding of the importance of outdoor play as it helps a child’s wellbeing. This is a problem as outdoor play is diminishing, more and more children aren’t playing outside and learning and experiencing new things. Playing outside gives young children the chance to explore the natural environment and have adventures. They can play their favourite games, test their physical limits, express themselves and build…
Role play - Play exploring ways of being, although not normally of an intense personal,…
Recreational activities are a critical aspect to the proper development of children. This paper will focus on the recreational benefits and recreational constraints on children living in rural areas throughout Canada in recreational activities. It will examine both the physical and psychological benefits that recreation provides for children living in rural areas. For this paper, the term ‘recreation’ will refer to any activity that includes physical activity as well as various activities that promote a child to ‘play’.…
Today kids no longer play with only simple items for their entertainment such as homemade dolls or hand carved wooden swords. It is apparent that a cultural swing has…
As a child, my afternoons were filled with fun activities, whether that be classes in swimming, horseback riding, and gymnastics, or just sitting on the couch reading a book that was just released. Subjects such as college and AP classes were far from my mind. Sure I cared about doing well in school, but my concerns revolved more around the fun activities I planned outside of school.…
Years ago, computers were not so easily accessible, and life was not filled with electronic equipment and electronic games. Children would spend time outdoors. However, today children spend free time indoors watching television and playing video games using the technology of electronic equipment. This may make parents comfortable because in this changing world it allows them to control where their children are but allowing them to play outdoors is proven to improve their lives. According to a study of UK children three quarters spend less time outside than prison inmates. The study revealed a fifth of the children did not play outside at all on an average day. “The survey questioned a nationally representative sample of 2,000 parents of 5-12 year olds and found 74% of children spent less than 60 minutes playing outside each…
Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour is a controversial play for its time. Mary accuses her schoolteachers of lesbianism. As a result, her grandmother removes Mary from school and encourages the other parents to do the same with their children. Mary’s lie is the driving force of this play; she refuses to speak the truth, even if it means ruining the lives of her teachers. William Wyler directed the film adaptation of The Children’s Hour, and in the film, the way Mary accuses her teachers differs from the play as well as Martha’s confession. There is almost a 30-year gap between the play and the film, and the playwright and director make creative alterations to the story in order to comply with its period of time and to provide more drama to…
First of all, childhood is the period of life which has suffered the most important alterations. In the past, children were accustomed to play on the street all day long without adult’s supervision. On the one hand, boys used to ride their bicycles, climb trees and run races. On the other hand, girls were always trying to adopt or imitate their mothers’ roles using dolls and toy cooking utensils. That was how young generations’ imagination was the key element to have fun.…
“play is the elemental learning process by which humankind has developed. Children exhibit a behavioural imperative and instinctive desire to play. It has contributed significantly to the evolutionary and developmental survival of our species. Children use play in the natural environment to learn of the world they inhabit with others. It is the very process of learning and growth, and as such all that is learnt through it is of benefit to the child.” (welsh government play policy)…
Everything that is done as a society is centred around enjoyment and leisure; there is sport, technology, and locations, specifically for the purpose of having fun, and even though adults may not wish to admit such a thing, they play just as much as a preschool aged child does . Play is such an important aspect of both a child’s development, that in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 31 states that ‘Children have the right to relax, play and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’ As stated by Goldstein, a specialist in play and child development, ‘Play is the lens through which children experience their world and the world of others.’ And as children conquer this world, they develop new skills and competencies that then influence their confidence and resilience in a positive manner, allowing them to have the requirements to face future…
Bang! Bang! is the sounds come from the guns on the games kids play today. Some kids play these games to relief aggression on the games and some other kids just play and become violent, and play violent outside. Many adults that have stole a car in a game has stole a car in real life. Thus is the past the games kids play today so kids in the past just plained kick the can, checkers, chest, and games like that. Thus who ever invented the games kids play today has some what made some kids violent.]…
Today children are not utilizing their full potential. Parents purchase a simple disc that provides hour and hours of baby-sitting, so they think. Video games provide a false reality for children, keeping them glue to the couch and staring into the tiny pixel of a flat screen T.V. Children are being called to duty, shooting a Soviet AK-47 from the comfort of their daddy’s lazy boy, making casualties of pixel being force fed full metal jackets. Do you really want your child to know how many rounds a M1911 pistol hold after they expended their primary weapon? This is what your child is playing on that video game you buy them. They are not using their imagination but just playing a role…
When live in the digital age, it’s a fact. Children are using more technology than ever and in many ways it makes life safer and easier for families. But when 40- 75% of children in middle school already have cell phones, as well as 89% of children have their own laptops, and 97% of children and young adults play video games and/or own a gaming system. With the prevalence of video games obvious many adults have started asking themselves how these games affect their children. Should I be worried that my child is playing violent video games? How long should I allow my child to play video games? These questions are ones parents who are raising children in the era of technology should be asking, these are the questions that have prompted experts to conduct countless studies on the topic. So here it is the good, bad, and ugly of video games effect on children. I will present information on the positive effects of gaming the negative effects of gaming, and what experts recommend is healthy for a child.…
Everyone has been to a play, movie, sport event or some other type of entertainment before. People nowadays have so many different kinds of entertainment, so we always have something to do. Now imagine being in the 16th century in the time of people like William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth, etc. with no technology. There were not a lot of forms of entertainment back in these days so they relied mostly on the theatre, sports, and games.…