Solitary Play Analysis

2.7 PLAY CONCEPT AND IMPORTANCE OF PLAY IN CHILDREN'S LIFE SOURCE: (PLAY-WORK OF CHILD) (JANES, 2010)
As a child grows he moves from individual play to group play, children learns important cognitive and physical skills through play.
2.7.1 WHAT IS PLAY?
 "Activities which children choose to undertake when not being told what to do by others".(cole- hamilton Harrop and street, 2002).
 Play is how child learn about and experience this world.
 Play can take many forms, and any object can become a toy to 'child's imagination'
2.7.2 FORMS OF PLAY
 SOLITARY PLAY:( AGE 1-3)
• Children like to spend their time playing on their own.
• They like to explore all parts of their environment t.
• Involvement in solitary play because of lack of …show more content…
• They try and test their own skills(walk on street curbs, jump down steps, hop on one foot).
• The contact of other children from distance is very important to them.
 GROUP PLAY(NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAY):
• As they grow, they are able to communicate and socialize with others.
• Through interactive play they begin to learn social skills such as sharing, talking and taking turns to play.
• This play is important in order to develop social and communication skills.
2.7.3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLAY
 MOTOR/PHYSICAL PLAY:
• Motor play provides critical opportunities for children to develop both individual gross and fie muscles strength and overall integration of muscles, nerve and brain.
• Stimulating activity leads to brain development.(sensory activities touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing).
• ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: sliding , climbing, reaching, crossing and all the physical equipment that supports this.
• Large spaces with smoother topography and less dense obstacles are conductive to active play like running.
 SOCIAL PLAY:
• by interacting with others in this kind of play setting, children learn social skills such as.
 give and take.
 co-operation.
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• this can include scenario and includes theatre exercise.
• playing house, cops and robber(often play in small group which stimulates communication, leadership, collaboration and other child development).
2.7.4 IMPORTANCE OF PLAY IN CHILDREN'S LIFE:
SOURCE: (JANES, 2010)
"INFUSE NATURE INTO CHILDREN'S PLAY"(MOORE AND MARCUS)2008
 Disease associated with sedentary lifestyle, this generation of children is predicted to have shorter life span than their parents.
 There is a direct co-relation between lack of playing in nature and the prevalence of these mental and physical health problem (depression and attention deficit disorder) in children.
 WHAT DOES PLAY DEPRIVATION LEADS TO
• Play deprivation can seriously stunt children physically, mentally and socially (cole- hamilton et al 2002).
• Children who are play deprived do not perform motor task(cole- hamilton et al 2002, fjortoft 2000)
• Children's ability to deal with stress, manage risk and interact socially without conflict decrease when they are deprived of play in nature.
2.7.5 AGE SPECIFIC PLAY
 Each age group of children has a different set of requirement as far as the play is

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