Bernice and Rhonda (2 toys each-decide which categories you want, 6 slides each,) Step 2: Within your Learning Team, investigate popular toys on the market today. You can use the internet or visit a toy store to do this research. See if you can find toys that fall into the four categories above; that is, those that may promote aggression, those that may promote pro-social behavior; those that seem to encourage or discourage gender stereotyping; and those that seem to encourage or discourage cultural differences and/or stereotyping. Identify and investigate a minimum of four toys, one from each category. Discuss your observations about these four categories. You may want to use the following questions as guidance for your team’s analysis of the…
Consider the following scenarios. How could you allow children to exercise their rights and choices, whilst maintaining health and safety requirements? Tick the answer you think is correct.…
* Equipment and activity is age appropriate e.g. you wouldn’t do a lego activity with a baby who would want to put the small bits in their mouth…
Risk taking – such as a child accidently slipping of a step of a climbing frame and the child’s parents asking for that equipment to be put away, this would conflict with all children’s opportunity to develop and learn…
The preschooler who plays inappropriately with toys or objects will need direction on appropriate social and sexual…
It is important to make sure children are safe, but if is also very important to give them the chance to explore and experiment. Children learn their limits through experimenting and pushing their level of skill, and we have to help support them to do this safely.…
Children and young people enjoy having fun and learning provided that the environment is a stimulating one. With this in mind we have to think about what type of equipment, resources and layout is on offer. Children may have the same toys at home so it is worth having a wide variety to choose from and rotate them to provide the children with a challenge.…
Let children decide what they want to play with, let them decide what chair they want to sit on at meal times etc.…
Similarly age restrictions applies to some toys as each child develops at different stages so therefore adults should take into account of their child’s ability.…
There is a complicated and tricky dilemma between the rights and the choices that belong to a child or young person linked with the freedom to play, and the health and safety requirements of settings and services. However children and young people should be allowed to experience and explore 'appropriate' risk during their play.…
At this age children are learning how to behave appropriately. Many of the things they do are normal for their stage of development and we help them to learn when something is dangerous or harmful to themselves or others, and to make positive choices in their behaviour. We do this buy…
Firstly as I mentioned toys and games may be plentiful fun at arrival, but after a few uses as you have possibly experience become boring, and have no further use. I am certain that every child in Australia that is labelled as ‘ the toy nobody plays with anymore’. I have personally experienced this my self, for example my mum bought me and my younger sister a monopoly bard game, me and my sister played it contiunuosly for three days and after that it got boring and to the recent day is not used and its pieces are scattered around the house. The toy simply has no fun value anymore, it becomes classified as garbage. A university professor from UTS, conducted a survey which for me showed predictable results, 80%, I repeat 80% of children after continuous use get bored of toys and classify thm as a waste of space. Do you really want to spend money on something that will soon be garbage?…
Who or what do you believe was responsible for the fact that children were exposed to potentially dangerous toys? Why do you think so?…
Children need to be given the opportunity to experience different activities and use a variety of toys that are geared to developing specific skills. Children build most of their knowledge through hands on activities. Coloring and using safety scissors is an example to increase fine motor skills. Giving the opportunity of different activities will help children reach their milestones.…
My aim of this assignment is to choose a toy that is suitable for children in age group 0-6 years and to assess and to examine it under various headings.…