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The DCSG outlined benefits of play-based learning in early childhood education. Playful children use and apply their knowledge, skills, and understanding in different ways and contexts. Practitioners also engage children in activities that help them learn and develop positive dispositions for learning.
Some countries in the twenty-first century have added emphasis of free play into their values for children in early childhood, for example Taiwan and Hungary. [5] Structured play has clearly defined goals and rules. Such play is called a "game". Other play is unstructured or open-ended.
Prioritizing free play in early childhood sets the stage for a more resilient, adaptable, and imaginative adult. [6] By creating environments that support and nurture free play, children are empowered to explore their potential, develop their unique talents, and build the foundations of creativity, problem solving, self-regulation and empathy.
Pretend Play is an imaginative activity in which "children are playing as if something or someone is real". [39] "This type of play benefits all areas of a child’s development and gives a child tools for experiences later in life such as emotional regulation, creativity, and logical reasoning". [40]
The benefits that young children acquire through music include social skills, emotional self-regulating abilities, cognitive benefits, and physical benefits. Socially, children have the opportunity to learn how to take turns and play with others while still playing individually, for example a band of little players each playing their instrument ...
The Hechinger Report explains how early childhood education in Norway is a national priority enshrined in law. ... It may be because play is the main way children learn, and Norwegian kindergarten ...
Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. [1]
The facilitator role for the teacher involves careful observations of the children and their play as well as flexibility and creativity in order to develop learning opportunities that align with their interests (Cassidy et al., 2003; Crowther, 2005; Jones & Reynolds, 2011; Stacey, 2009a/2011b; Machlachlan et al., 2013; Wein, 2008; Wright, 1997).