The importance of play

Hey everyone !!! 

As I mentioned in previous blogs, I did take my Early Childhood Education course in 2012-2013 never finished but I did about 14 courses including COOP!

So mommies, do any of you know how important play actually is? 

Play is crucial for your child's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth. It's your child's way of learning about his/her body and the world, and they'll use all five senses to do it, especially in the first year.

 

Did you know your child might fall into a specfic catergorie of play? 

Here's a list of them, with the explanation!

 

• Unoccupied (play) – when the child is not playing, just observing. A child may be standing in one spot or performing random movements.
• Solitary (independent) play – when the child is alone and maintains thifocused on its activity. Such a child is uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing. More common in younger children (age 2–3) as opposed to older ones.
• Onlooker play (behavior) – when the child watches others at play but does not engage in it. The child may engage in forms of social interaction, such as conversation about the play, without actually joining in the activity. This type of activity is also more common in younger children.
• Parallel Play adjacent play, social coaction) – when the child plays separately from others but close to them and mimicking their actions.This type of play is seen as a transitory stage from a socially immature solitary and onlooker type of play, to a more socially mature associative and cooperative type of play.
• Associative play – when the child is interested in the people playing but not in the activity they are doing, or when there is no organized activity at all. There is a substantial amount of interaction involved, but the activities are not coordinated.
• Cooperative play – when a child is interested both in the people playing and in the activity they are doing. In cooperative play, the activity is organized, and participants have assigned roles. There is also increased self-identification with a group, and a group identity may emerge. Relatively uncommon in the preschool years because it requires the most social maturity and more advanced organization skills. An example would be a game of freeze tag.

Now are you curious to which toys are useful in helping your child learn? 

Here's a list;

1.Blocks

2.Rattles

3.Stacking rings or blocks 

4.Mirrors

5.Board Books

6. Sensory Shapes (I have sensory balls, it's a ball with texture, so the child can feel each groove and spikes)

7. Bright coloured toys

If you search the web you'll see each benefit these toys have! Trust me! These in the first years are very very important in child's play!

Thanks for reading :)