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Monday 29 July 2013

Article Readings # 38: THE ROLE OF PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION


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Long stay of listening to the discussions and lectures of the teachers in the classroom may sometimes create boredom on the part of the learners. Learners may feel bored and may sometimes loose enthusiasm in grasping the learning. Some learners tend to sleep or if not, they presumably present in the class but their minds are actually absent. With this kind of situation, there is no occurence of learning. 

Teachers should be creative & resourceful enough in looking some activities that would somehow awaken themselves from boredom and doldrums especially to early childhood education. They should make learning enjoyable and very interesting. They should then cater the needs and interests of the learners just to irradicate boredom and doldrums of the learners. They should establish excitement from learning so that the learners would always pursue their studies.

Play for me provides a great contribution to learning. It gives a lot of benefits to the learners. Accordingly, learners who have physical activities are mentally active and alert compared to those who are not. Through play, interpersonal skills will be developed.

It will help boost their self-confidence because they will develop a spirit of belongingness. They will be helping and sharing their ideas and skills in their play. Good communication skills and vocabularies will be enhanced. Finally, through play, you are teaching the learners to become responsible enough in the future even without inflicting force to do their tasks. 

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