The Role of Play in Child Development and Learning

This presentation was created to discuss the importance of play in kindergarten and all early childhood. Theoretical and educational practitioner support and research is provided as well as explanations of developmental benefits, and examples of materials and activities that can be used to meet kindergarten standards and enhance development and learning.

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[@valeriezechin5285]

Great video. Thank you for the excellence and quality. Do you have any advice for working with impoverished children who actually do not know how to play due to their environment and lack of stimulation?

[@mpatteson]

Hello! I will address play but first, The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard has some really great info and resources on what makes a difference for disadvantaged kids. In a nutshell, my understanding - the most important things you can do for these kids, in order: 1, Be an engaged, responsive, caring relationship for them. 2. Give them a variety of new experiences and safe ways to try new things. Books are one way we do this but provide things to build, to climb, to squish their hands into, to get silly and messy with. And provide LOTS of movement opportunities.
Then: kids who haven’t had opportunity may need YOU to get down on the rug and show them how to play! You can also make it easier to think about what to do by reinacting a book you read (they know what to do) but after a few times if they seem restless and they don’t add to it, change something to make it silly. The Big Bad Wolf just wanted to know if the pigs would come to his pizza party, etc. Change a familiar line to something silly: the caterpillar was very small and very… sleepy. Then, follow their lead.

[@valeriezechin5285]

@@mpatteson thank you for your reply. Was very encouraging.