The Role of Play Throughout Life Amanda Hamann Educational Psychology October 31, 2012
Aug 20, 2015
The Role of Play Throughout Life
Amanda HamannEducational Psychology
October 31, 2012
What is Play?
• Play is intrinsically motivated, noninstrumental, or life preserving behavior.
• Piaget’s Definition of Play
• Characteristics of play
Benefits of Play• Helps refine and develop skills
• Play versus reality
• Symbolic Play
Parent’s and Play
• Parent’s thoughts on play
• Ways to encourage play
• Parent’s important role in child’s play
Play in the Classroom
• Room Setup
• Curriculum
• Teacher Roles in Child’s Play
Play As We Age
• Children – 3 to 6 years old
• Middle childhood- 7 to 12 years
• Adolescence- 13 to 18 years
• Adults- 18 and older
True/ False Questions
• Play is becoming more like imitation.
• Parent’s have an important role in their child’s play.
• Teacher’s should interact with everyone in the room, and encourage their students to try new experiences.
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