PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Early childhood is commonly known as the “toy stage” .

Play in childhood is a serious business.

VARIATIONS IN PLAY INTERESTS

The play interests of young children conform more or less closely to a pattern which is markedly influenced by theimaturational readiness for certain forms of play and by the environment in which they are growing up.

HIGHLY INTELLIGENT CHILDREN SHOW A PREFERENCE FOR DRAMATIC PLAY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND FOR BOOKS WHICH INFORM RATHER THAN MERELY AMUSE.

THE TYPE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT CHILDREN HAVE LIKEWISE INFLUENCES THE PATTERN OF THIS PLAY.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUE OF THE FAMILY

Encourage children to engage in games and construction while poor motor skills encourage them to devote their play time to amusements.

WELL-DEVELOPED MOTOR SKILLS

Creative children spend

much of their play time

doing something original

with toys and play

equipment while

noncreative children

follow a pattern set by

others.

PLAY PATTERNS OF EARLY

CHILDHOOD

TOY PLAY DRAMATIZATIONS

CONSTRUCTIONS,

MOVIES, RADIO AND TELEVISION

GAMES,

READING

DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERSTANDING

Increased intellectual abilities

Increased ability bto explore their environments

Increased ability to ask question

• LIFE

• DEATH

• SPACE

• WEIGHT

• NUMBERS

• TIME

• SELF

• BEAUTY

MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Moral development in early childhood is on a low level. The reason for this is that young children’s intellectual development has not yet reached the point where they can learn or apply abstract principles of right and wrong.

IT HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY WHAT PIAGET HAS CALLED

‘ MORALITY OF CONSTRAINT’.

DISCIPLINE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

DISCIPLINE IS SOCIETY’S WAY OF

TEACHING CHILDREN THE MORAL BEHAVIOR APPROVED BY THE SOCIAL

GROUP.

3 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

RULES AND LAW

PUNISHMENTREWARDS

THREE METHODS IN

DISCIPLINING

CHILDREN

•Authorization Discipline

• Permissive Discipline

• Democratic Discipline

CHILDHOOD MISDEMEANOR

Misdemeanor-

Mild forms of breaking of rules or misbehavior.

There are 3 common causes of misdemeanor during the early childhood years.

-First, young children may misbehave due to toignorance of the fact that their behavior is disapproved by the social group.

-Second, many young children learn that willful disobedience of a minor sort will generally bring them more attention than a good behavior.

-Third, boredom may be responsible for much misbehavior during the years of the early childhood.

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