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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Amine Mena 10/27/14 “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete” Sports in general are a way to have fun and a way for kids to be more active. Especially in this generation where technology took over our minds. There are many types of sports programs‚ and each one is directed to specific groups‚ and it all depends on the physic and the background of the player‚ some sports are dangerous and stressful for some individuals‚ but others are a great match. Competitive Sports like football and
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Children Using Social Media Many children have access to the Internet whether it is by computer‚ smartphone‚ tablet or other different types of electronics. Parents allow their children access to the Internet‚ but a majority of parents don’t have control over their child’s usage. There are websites such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Tumbler and Instagram‚ in which many children under the age of 15 and under have profiles. Social media allows people to interact with other users‚ whether
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clearly shows that in general gender-typed play is consistently seen across cultures‚ with the exception of the children in the migrant Mexican group (Zosuls‚ et al.‚ 2014; Halim‚ et al.‚ 2013; Zosuls‚ et al.‚ 2009; Goble‚ et al.‚ 2012; Fabes‚ et al.‚ 2003; Mathur & Parameswaran‚ 2015). The Mexican migrant children did not show any statistically significant gender typed play behaviors‚ while those who share the basic Mexican culture did‚ as well as children in all other cultures examined in this literature
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background that this academic paper attempts to highlight the likely problems that a teacher may face in using role playing to teach social studies as one of the strategy that may be employed. It will also look at the advantages of small group discussion over the whole class discussion. Then‚ a conclusion will then be drawn based on the highlighted points raised in the essay. Farrant (1980) defines role play as a spontaneous enactment of real life situations by learners who volunteer for the assigned roles
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the most effective for the children to learn. However the opposites are not few in numbers. It is often said that parents are the first teacher of a child. Although parents neither teach their children things directly nor teach by design and children don’t always learn when their parents intend to teach them‚ they themselves have started to learn from their parents while they are doing things by watching and imitating. Therefore‚ many people think that the way children get knowledge by observing
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“Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete”‚ by Jessica Statsky: A Critique What makes Jessika Statsky’s “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete” an effective piece in the arguments on whether the competitive sports may harm children both physically and psychologically‚ is her use of clear thesis statement and a full forecast of the reasons she offers to justify her position. Statsky carefully picks her key terms‚ such as by sports‚ for example‚ she means to describe both contact and non-contact sports that
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Guidelines for Completing the Observations of Children In a Childcare Facility You are required to submit a report on your observations (labeled observation report) of 2 young children. As discussed in class‚ the subjects of your observation should be one boy and one girl who are 3 and 4 years of age. The report should be presented in narrative format and include a description of the center in which the study took place. Included in the report should be a description of each student studied
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Unit 4 Children and play Introduction This unit focuses on the importance of play in Children development. In this assignment you will learn about the stages and types of play and how you can provide appropriate activities to support development through play. Also how to provide children with challenges and risk in a safe environment were the role of the adult is encouraging exploration and investigation. D1. Three different settings were children might play are local park‚ garden‚ day nurseries
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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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