CHCPR1C Deliver services/activities to stimulate children’s development and enhance their leisure.

Week 1 Introduction to subject Introduction to subject Play session Play session Work Placement Work Placement Documents-Outline, Assessments Documents-Outline, Assessments Assessment Explanation Assessment Explanation

The Importance of Play and Leisure. “Know you what it is to be a child? “Know you what it is to be a child? It is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; It is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; It is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; It is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; It is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, It is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, Lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, Lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, For each child has it’s fairy godmother in it’s own soul.” For each child has it’s fairy godmother in it’s own soul.”

Play Play allows children to become whatever they wish. Play allows children to become whatever they wish. Play allows children to fantasise, while at the same time providing opportunities to acquire and practice new skills. Play allows children to fantasise, while at the same time providing opportunities to acquire and practice new skills.

Our role as child care workers! To share the magical and exciting adventure of play. To share the magical and exciting adventure of play. Providing appropriate materials, equipment and environments. Providing appropriate materials, equipment and environments. Understanding how play develops. Understanding how play develops. Involving ourselves in children’s play. Involving ourselves in children’s play.

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Rights of the Child entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49 Article 31 Article States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. 1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. 2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity. 2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity. What are the key points for children and caregivers?? What are the key points for children and caregivers??

Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Nations) Article 31 Article States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. 1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. 2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity. 2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.

Types of Play Physical Physical Social Emotional Social Emotional Language Language Thinking/Cognitive Thinking/Cognitive Creative Creative

Next Week Provision Writing Workshop. Provision Writing Workshop. Bring some memories of something you have seen children do, say, look interested in to use as a basis for provision writing. Bring some memories of something you have seen children do, say, look interested in to use as a basis for provision writing.