Category: Play

This essay will outline the history, functions and definitions of play. It will both evaluate and explore two differing types of play which enhances a young childs learning whilst including ages and stages levels which can be critiqued. Additionally, playful pedagogy will be evaluated through the Early Years settings in Britain. Overall, play is a…

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 31 states 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 (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Play is commonly understood as an activity performed by children for the purpose of self-amusement, despite the fact that the term play is far more didactic than just an activity, and cannot be conceptualised by a single idea. Children require prospects for unstructured and structured play, in order to advance the development of social and…

Nature Play Children have the most wonderful natural sense of wonder and the most effective way for young children to learn about themselves and the world around them is through play (Wilson, 2018). Children play instinctively with natural elements; they are natural experts and combining nature and play in the lives of young children has…

The aim of this essay is to discuss a quote from Whitebread(2012), Play is spontaneous, self-motivated and controlled by the child. Play is not created by adults but by children themselves from The importance of play, A report on the value of children’s play with a series of policy recommendations, London. TIE/University of Cambridge. This…

Introduction Garry Landreth has been quoted as saying, In play therapy toys are viewed as the childs words and play as the childs language  a language of activity. Play therapy, then, is to children what psychotherapy is to adults. (Landreth & Bratton, 1999). This is the very basis of play therapy, describing a therapy…

In this essay I am going to be reflecting on the role play when I was a General practitioner and meeting a patient who is 55 years old , self-employed and has type 1 diabetes . I will be demonstrating the working skills with one-to-one client. It will also look at the effective communication, listening…

In this essay I will be looking at definitions of play, aiming to reflect on a variety of views and opinions on what play is. It is difficult to find a singular definition of play as it is so broad, not only in the different types and forms of play, but also in the reasons…