Play and early childhood education

[VoidCat]

Tagging @Rachel Rugelach

This thread ive been meaning to post but been so busy i haven't. Play is very important in early childhood development for many reasons. It can teach a wide variety of things on its own from social development, to emotional regulation, to cognitive skills, and physical skills. In this thread I'll show y'all how it can be used in lesson planning. I'll just need a sec to log onto RF on my computer as im writing on my phone here I'll need to copy and paste something i wrote for a homework assignment.

 

[VoidCat]

This is an example of how I used dramatic play to create a lesson plan to teach building stuff which could be used to learn shapes, and measurement...I used a goal indicator from the nc foundations book early childhood eduactors use

Dramatic Play Lesson Plan
Name of Activity: _________Workshop_____________________________
Curriculum Area: _____Cognitive development________________________________
Age of Children: ______Preschool_________________________________
NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Goal (write the entire goal, such as APL-1: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them): Goal CD-12: Children identify and use common shapes and concepts about position during play and other activities.
NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Indicator (write the entire indicator, such as APL-1d: Imitate what others are doing): CD-12i Use 2- and 3-dimensional shapes to create pictures,designs, or structures.
Materials Needed: (number and list all items needed to complete the lesson)
Ruler
Play tools and maybe safe real tools
paper and pencil
plastic levels
tool belt
Clipboard
wooden blocks
Safety goggles.
tape measure
Objectives: (purpose of lesson – how will you know they are meeting the NC FELD goal and indicator)
Kids stack blocks on top of each other
Kids draw on blueprint paper
Introduction: (what you say or do to introduce the activity and motivate the children)
Tell them we are going to be playing pretend regarding a workshop today and ask them questions regarding what is a workshop? How do people build things there? After discussing and explaining what a workshop is and what folk do there I'd then encourage them to look at the tools and such.

Procedures: (how the lesson will progress - give clear, specific directions)
Let the kids play and help lead the activity by asking them to build specific items
Help kids with conflict resolution when problems arise like fighting over specific items.
Model drawing a blueprint with the paper and pencil and measure things. How to use tools if needed.
Ask kids what the tools they using are called and what they are used for.
Help any student struggling with how to play with the items by joining in the play and helping them with the play scenario.
Ask questions about the play scenario when needed during play to get a grasp on what the kids are doing instead of assuming how the kids are playing.
After the kids are done playing ask them about how they went about playing and look for ways to improve the play situation for next time.

Evaluation: (write 4 questions you may ask the children during and/or after the activity - ask a variety of questions including open ended questions - avoid questions that children can answer with a simple "yes" or "no")

What are these lines used for?(talking about the lines on a tape measure)

What are you building?

What are safety goggles used for?

What is that tool used for?(point to tool)

 

[VoidCat]

One thing that you have to keep in mind is kids cannot do dramatic play or learn from play if they don't know about what the thing is that they are pretending to be. Dramatic play is basically acting out it is pretend play. You can't for example pretend to be running a bakery to learn math (like how to count money) if you don't know what a bakery is and what is done at a bakery. So oftentimes books and other activities are done to teach the kids about what it is they are doing dramatic play on.

 

[VoidCat]

@Rachel Rugelach choose something for me to teach a kid. I'll create a lesson plan and explain how to use dramatic play to teach that goal you are wanting me to teach. And how the dramatic play I am using would teach the kid that goal.

 

[VoidCat]

oh and this article explains more on the benefits of dramatic play:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321636037_Supporting_Young_Children%27s_Learning_in_a_Dramatic_Play_Environment

 

[VoidCat]

It teaches emotional regulation and development as it teaches conflict resolution and how to get along with others and when to step away to cool off. It teaches social development as it shows a variety of social situations that kids can act out that wouldn't otherwise been had. It teaches as well how to talk to your classmates and peers and interact with them. It teaches language development as writing reading and speech may be involved. It teaches math skills as sometimes they are involved. It teaches physical and motor development as fine motor and gross motor skills are involved. Play can pretty much be used to teach young children anything really I even did one lesson plan on compassion and empathy that involved dramatic play.

 

[VoidCat]

This is an example of how I used dramatic play to create a lesson plan to teach building stuff which could be used to learn shapes, and measurement...I used a goal indicator from the nc foundations book early childhood eduactors use

Dramatic Play Lesson Plan
Name of Activity: _________Workshop_____________________________
Curriculum Area: _____Cognitive development________________________________
Age of Children: ______Preschool_________________________________
NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Goal (write the entire goal, such as APL-1: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them): Goal CD-12: Children identify and use common shapes and concepts about position during play and other activities.
NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Indicator (write the entire indicator, such as APL-1d: Imitate what others are doing): CD-12i Use 2- and 3-dimensional shapes to create pictures,designs, or structures.
Materials Needed: (number and list all items needed to complete the lesson)
Ruler
Play tools and maybe safe real tools
paper and pencil
plastic levels
tool belt
Clipboard
wooden blocks
Safety goggles.
tape measure
Objectives: (purpose of lesson – how will you know they are meeting the NC FELD goal and indicator)
Kids stack blocks on top of each other
Kids draw on blueprint paper
Introduction: (what you say or do to introduce the activity and motivate the children)
Tell them we are going to be playing pretend regarding a workshop today and ask them questions regarding what is a workshop? How do people build things there? After discussing and explaining what a workshop is and what folk do there I'd then encourage them to look at the tools and such.

Procedures: (how the lesson will progress - give clear, specific directions)
Let the kids play and help lead the activity by asking them to build specific items
Help kids with conflict resolution when problems arise like fighting over specific items.
Model drawing a blueprint with the paper and pencil and measure things. How to use tools if needed.
Ask kids what the tools they using are called and what they are used for.
Help any student struggling with how to play with the items by joining in the play and helping them with the play scenario.
Ask questions about the play scenario when needed during play to get a grasp on what the kids are doing instead of assuming how the kids are playing.
After the kids are done playing ask them about how they went about playing and look for ways to improve the play situation for next time.

Evaluation: (write 4 questions you may ask the children during and/or after the activity - ask a variety of questions including open ended questions - avoid questions that children can answer with a simple "yes" or "no")

What are these lines used for?(talking about the lines on a tape measure)

What are you building?

What are safety goggles used for?

What is that tool used for?(point to tool)

This lesson here is teaching language skills by having kids talk about what they building and telling them the names of tools. It's teaching math stuff like measurement. Its teaching safety- like what are goggles used for? Its teaching science- things like balance and how to build. It's teaching technology how to use tools.its teaching conflict resolution. Those tools will need both fine and gross motor skills so that is being worked on. Its teaching sharing. There's more things it teaches as well but that's just some the things.

 

[Rachel Rugelach]

@Rachel Rugelach choose something for me to teach a kid. I'll create a lesson plan and explain how to use dramatic play to teach that goal you are wanting me to teach. And how the dramatic play I am using would teach the kid that goal.

Okay! Let's teach a kid how to use critical thinking. (And let's hope some parent doesn't storm the school in outrage over it, not quite knowing what critical thinking is, but suspicious that maybe it has something to do with CRT.)

seven-ways-to-teach-critical-thinking-in-elementary-education

Critical thinking helps students apply knowledge in new ways. Here are 7 easy ways to encourage this crucial life skill in elementary education.

www.waldenu.edu

 

[VoidCat]

Okay! Let's teach a kid how to use critical thinking. (And let's hope some parent doesn't storm the school in outrage over it, not quite knowing what critical thinking is, but suspicious that maybe it has something to do with CRT.)

seven-ways-to-teach-critical-thinking-in-elementary-education

Critical thinking helps students apply knowledge in new ways. Here are 7 easy ways to encourage this crucial life skill in elementary education.

www.waldenu.edu

Dont worry I still plan on writing the lesson plan. I just been busy cuz I've have two to write for homework(I've finished one almost done with the second) and will likely be assigned two more tomorrow to write for homework next week. Which means tomorrow I'll likely have 3 lesson plans to write. Also you do the Sabbath thing so I didnt want to quote you while you were doing that.

I'll write the critical thinking one soon I promise. Might be a few days however. Itll help me practice lesson planning which is needed for teaching.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

*eats popcorn and watches on with interest*

Writing lesson plans. It takes me back, oh yes it does.