Importance of play: Play Deprivation:

- foundation for literacy - inadequate / unsafe outdoor spaces and

- learning
equipment
- encourages adults to communicate children in
- technology
their lives - prescribed routines (overbooked children)
- makes the child spontaneous
(going bulilit children / child stars)
- gives children choice
- violent / abusive childhood
- gives children space
- play elimination in curriculum
- gives adults a chance to learn how to play again
- Decreases brain and muscle fiber development
- allows the adult to learn the childs body
- reduction in communication, problem-solving
language
and social skills
- teach adults patience and understanding
- children at greater risk for aggressiveness
- it is fun (lol)
- increased risk for obesity
Partens categories of Social Play:
Infant development Program
- Unoccupied behavior: Sebastian just watching
Early Brain development:
other people do their own thing and just be
observant of the activities of other people. - first 3 years is the foundation for lifelong

Watching but no interaction / interest to join learning

- Solitary play: Hes just playing alone. No - brain is wiring to develop vision and the rest

interaction whatsoever with others. Infant curriculum:

- Onlooker play: Child is just watching and there
is an interest and is waiting an opportunity to
pounce in on them. They are taking their time to
warm up to see rules and whatnot.
- Parallel play: They are playing the same thing,
but doing things on their own.
- Associative play: they are playing with each
other, but not working with each other to
accomplish a common goal. No rules
- Cooperative play: they are trying to create a
common goal into a house.
- Functional Play: clark picks up a block, turns it
around and looks at it at all sides. He bangs it on
the floor, then picks up another block with his
- daily experiences focus on dev. domains or on
practice of a specific skill
- essential dev. domain: 4 domains
- Learning environment: must be safe, caregiver
must be warm, loving, responsive and permanent
and communication between families and
caregivers must be priority
- Romanticism: ECE New Zealand
- Finding out any troubles / red flags, providing
activities and communicating with family
UP IDP

left hand and bangs the 2 blocks together - 6 babies per year
- Constructive play: he makes a tower and now - 6 month upon admission
has a purpose -
- Dramatic play: takes four blocks and on the
plates on the table. He says, here is your toast
- Games with rules: In KG, they play duck, duck,
goose. They agree on the games rules. Not
applicable to older kids.