List seven key characteristics of a play environment for young children that support children's learning and development?
Active
Communicative
Enjoyable
Involved
Meaningful
Symbolic
Therapeutic
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CHCEC011 - Characteristics Of A Play Environment
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Re: CHCEC011 - Characteristics Of A Play Environment
I found this:
Ref: Talking About Play
,
Lorina
Drawing on the research of Dockett and Fleer (1999), Shipley (2008) and Lester and Russell (2008) Dr Lennie Barblett put forward seven basic characteristics of play:
Voluntary—something children choose to do, but other children can be invited to join in.
Pleasurable—a deep sense of enjoyment, which will vary from child to child
Symbolic—usually includes some type of make believe or pretend and objects assume new meanings and purposes for the player/s.
Meaningful— to the player/s, but the meaning may not always be clear to an observer.
Active—it requires active mental, verbal, physical engagement with people, objects or ideas.
Process oriented—it’s enjoyed for the activity itself, not concerned with an end product.
Intrinsically motivated—it is its own reward.
Ref: Talking About Play
,Lorina
