PLAY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD

Iranian Journal of Positive Psychology, 2017

It should be remembered that the play helps the child transform the personality and, in advancing to him, is a very effective factor for the development and the reason for the child's muscle development and growth. On the other hand, it causes the child to be drained and this protects the child against the force, unrest, teasing, anger and evil. The important point is that the play is a means to treat behavioral and mental problems. Play is a filter and eliminates the suppressed energy. In this article, the views of intellectuals have historically been evaluated about the role of played in children development and psyche.

Early Child Development and Care, 2013

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This paper is meant to present theoretical ponderings on the matter of play. The author is not interested in the play and fun related aspect of the play. It is because the play that many educational and upbringing functions are served. Play is not a phenomenon assigned to just one age, category, culture or geographic region. Starting of its development dates back to the dawn of history as the cultural, anthropological, sociological or pedagogical phenomenon. Ancient Greeks and Romans were interested in the play. It found its approval in the Renaissance educators. The apogee of its being interested in took place on the turn of the XIX century. One must definitely mention in this context the names like Wygotsky, Elkonin, Piaget, Hurlock Schaffer. Interest in the play as a specific educational method was reflected in the educational concepts, including in the cub scouting and scouting upbringing method ideas which were creatively developed in the Polish circumstances by Aleksander Kamiński. The 2009 recommendations of the Minister of National Education concerning organization of the educational and upbringing process at its early stage accentuated the need of keeping in place the continuity of the effects initiated at the play school and continued at classes I-III.

International Journal of Technical Research and Science, 2020

The purpose of the paper is to find various play through which children can be developed from the beginning of their life. The outcome of the paper shows various play with examples and make a content that children's are most important for future strategy in everything because they are the future leader of every nation, therefore their appropriate development in mentally and physically, and spiritually is important for the wellbeing to a human being. Therefore a strategy has created through various ideas and examples through this paper to follow the way for child development; this is the outcome. The question is; how can children be safer environmentally and thus playing freely and decide independently? The future activity is to precise more about child knowledge in developing countries and more development of motherhood for their child development.

2016

Many educators believe that children learn through play. As early as infancy, children immerse themselves in playful activities with the purpose of making sense of the world around them. However, their efforts to achieve this are most frequently halted by parents, care givers and teachers who work around them. There have been questions surrounding the importance of play for children in Tanzania. The major question has been what do children learn when they play? Lack of knowledge on the importance of play for children has led parents, care givers and pre-school teachers to deny children their right to play and focus more on reading and arithmetic than involving them in playful activities. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and benefits of play for the learning and development of lower primary school pupils. This study is important as it may increase parents’, teachers’, the community’s and other stakeholders’ knowledge of the potential contribution of play to learning a...

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012

opinions about play will be important for ensuring the arrangement of the environment based on play. The purpose of this Moreover, and also play are another aims of this study. A planned game and a poster were used for taking data. Descriptive analysis method was used for analysing the results. According to the results, participants have thoughts, feelings and behaviours about play.

Sport science, 2012

Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of children and youth. The right to play is a child’s first claim on the community. Play is nature’s training for life. No community can infringe that right without doing deep and enduring harm to the minds and bodies of its citizens. Play also offers an ideal opportunity for parents to engage fully with their children. Despite the benefits derived from play for both children and parents, time for free play has been markedly reduced for some children. Play is integral to the academic environment. It ensures that the school setting attends to the social and emotional development of children as well as their cognitive development. Physical education and play are two areas that are alarmingly neglected in the public school system. Positive experiences of play and physical activity can also enhance children and young people’s mental health by building up their confidence, ...

2014

The decline of unstructured play to a child’s development and health has negative outcomes. It affects the child’s opportunity to physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development which all plays an essential role in the child’s development. Research will be investigated showing the importance of unstructured play in childhood and the consequences of the decline of unstructured play. The research will also give us insight on how to improve child development. In the same way that children are important to people, this issue of the decline of unstructured play in childhood needs to be equally as important and needs to be attended for the betterment of children’s development and health.