1. The Importance of Play
Ch. 24

2. Play & Development Physical Intellectual Emotional Social Moral
Helps children strengthen muscles, develop large motor skills, burn energy, improve coordination
Intellectual
Teaches about environment, words, letters, ideas
Storytelling, pretend play and drawing encourage creativity
Emotional
Helps a child learn to give and receive love, reach out to others, and develop self-esteem
Social
Learn how to make and maintain relationships and solve conflicts
Moral
Helps children learn how their actions will affect people

3. Active & Quiet Play Active Play
Activities that are primarily physical and employ large-motor skills
All children need active play
Helps develop large muscles & allows them to release energy
Ex: running, riding a bike, jumping on the bed

4. Active & Quiet Play Quiet Play
Activities that engage the mind and small-motor skills and do not call for much movement
Helps children develop their small muscles and think in different ways
Ex: reading a book, doing a puzzle

5. Active & Quiet Play Good health depends on both types of play
The child will be better able to adapt to situations
Not ever child requires the same amount
Age
personality

6. Promoting Children’s Play
Should be tailored to the developmental stage of the particular child
Should fit the child’s skill and interest level
Most fun
Most stimulating

7. Infants and Play Explore through their senses
Sensory toys: objects that stimulate the senses with different textures, shapes, sounds, and colors
Helps the infant feel loved
Enjoy seeing faces, hearing voices, and feeling the caring touch of people around them
Adapt to infants moods and schedules

8. Toddlers and Play Active! Enjoying running, jumping, etc.
Promotes a toddler’s intellectual development
Enjoy playing with water, sand, modeling clay, dough, finger paints
Spurs creativity and helps toddlers develop small motor skills
Enjoy imitating adults

9. Preschoolers and Play Increase the variety of play
Better small-motor skills
Self-esteem increases
Creativity is expressed strongly through pretending
Pretend play mates
Practice expressing feelings and behaviors

10. Making the Most of Play
Children who spend time with interested, creative caregivers are likely to develop at a faster rate and refine their skills more than children who do not.

11. Useful Techniques
Children who are busy with safe, interesting play are far less likely to become restless, get into trouble, or test caregivers.
Distract: lead children away from something they shouldn’t do
Facilitate: help bring about play without controlling what the child does

12. Handling Competition
Useful because it motivates children to try their hardest
Help children learn to handle competitive play by emphasizing the pleasure of play

13. Reading Books Enhances verbal communication
Talking, listening, and vocabulary building
Enhances children’s imaginations and learning abilities
Fulfills emotional and social needs
Allow children to read to you!

14. Tips for Reading to Young Children
Choose stories appropriate for the child’s age.
Be prepared for a child’s request to hear the same story/book over and over.
Take time to let the child look at the pictures.
Talk about the story, act it out, or refer to it later.

15. http://www.easternct.edu/cece/e-clips_play.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIayLh2P5C0