MAKE SIDEWALK CHALK1. GET A PAPER CUP AND WRITE YOUR NAME ON IT.2. STAND OVER A TRAY COVERED WITH WAX PAPER.

3. POUR 2 TBL WATER INTO YOUR PAPER CUP.4. ADD SOME PAINT TO THE WATER

5. POUR 2 TBL PLASTER OF PARIS INTO THE WATER.6. USE A STICK TO MIX IT.

7. SET IT ASIDE TO DRY FOR 48 HOURS.8. WHEN IT IS DRY, PEEL AWAY THE PAPER.

Get a Unit 2 study guide and a handout.

- complete sections 1,2,3, and 4 -

PLAYthe importance of it and types

- Remember Music and Story Due Date- New Study Guide Unit Due Date1. Choose a Theme for this Unit’s Resource File Base your unit activity ideas and resources off of this theme.2. Read about Daily Task Assignments a. Develop an activity, write a lesson plan, and include a sample. b. Complete 3 activity evaluation ideas Past ideas, today’s ideas and handout, or your own ideas. 3. Complete the assigned notes

Play is a child’s WORK, the most important work they will ever do.

Adult’s work is WORKStudent’s work is SCHOOLChild’s work is PLAY and they do it all day

long!

1. Play is important because…

It is how children learn, grow, and develop!

They learn about themselves, others, and their world

Develops and enhances creativityBuilds confidence and self-

concept Releases energy

Provides individual and down time.builds initiative and autonomy

(independence) = Erikson’s Theory

And….

 PLAY develops the

5 basic areas of Growth and Development:

Physical: Gross/fine motor skills, speed, strength,

coordinationEmotional

Handle feelings, fears, how to express emotions, and other’s emotions

Social Acceptable social behavior, understand

cooperationCognitive

How things work, problem solving, reasoning, and practice mental skills

Moral Honesty, rules, consideration, respect

 

Decide which area of development each activity would enhance. More than one can apply.

______ Puzzles ______ Painting ______ Tricycle______ Acting out Stories ______ Playground Equipment _____ Play kitchen______ Matching picture cards ______ Candyland game ______Books______Trucks / Cars ______Dolls ______Ball

C = cognitive S = social

P = physical E = emotional

M = moral

2. Areas of Play (social classifications)

a. Unoccupied Behaviorb. Onlooker Playc. Solitary Playd. Parallel Playe. Associative Playf. Cooperative Play

3. How Parents Interfere with the value of play

Too many toys Child has too many toys to play with which causes confusion,

overwhelming, and too many choices. Purpose and Timing of Toys

Parents are eager to provide toys for the child which they might be too young for, not interested in at the time, or it is not their type.

Toys for boys and Toys for girls Child has been stereotyped and only has gender appropriate toys, games, and

activities. Let them choose their own interests. Self-conscious Play

Parents enter child’s play too actively or at the wrong time. They might laugh, ask a question, make suggestions, or criticize the child’s play.

Hinder Creativity Parent’s not allowing kids to be kids and explore, experiment, play, get dirty, make

mistakes, and expecting them to follow the protocol of how it is to be in the real adult world. This is a child’s world.

Competition Parents make play a competition – win, be the best, do it first, make it right.

4. How Parents Can Foster Play (strengthen and help develop it)

Relax the Controls

Inspire Perseverance

Tolerate Differences

Be the Child’s Advocate

Provide a Creative Environment

 Let them be kids

Allow for Free Play Puzzles, computers. Dramatic

play, play-dough, basketball hoop, climbing stuff, toys…

“What would you like to do today?”“I don’t know”

Give ideas and show activities

Child gives no response Notice where their

eyes are looking and facial expressions of interest

Aimless wandering Give ideas and show

activities Find them a friend

Doing the same activity everyday Encourage variety and

point what others are doing.

Guide them to learn to think for themselves

and to problem solve

Parachute The parachute is fun and

versatile. Examples:

The children can move it to music. They can put balls on it and

pop the balls up into the air. They can run under it

Which type of play?

5. Types of Play

1. Passive PLAYHaving no

interaction with others. All children need this,

but keep it limited.Watching TV,

Reading, computer, video games, Daydreaming, musical instrument, coloring….

A Camping Trip Close your eyes and draw the camping scene that I will tell

you: A lake A boat on the lake A man in the boat fishing A tent on the shore of the lake A camp fire with flames A dog by the campsite Mountains in the background The sun peaking through the mountains Clouds in the sky

Open your eyes and look at your picture. What physical skill did we use to draw this?

2. Small Motor (Fine) Play• Small motor skills create the

ability to • formulate language, write, draw, manipulate

small objects and toys, accomplish self-help tasks…. - Daily skills.

• Builds Cognitive skills • thinking, reasoning, problem-solving,

understanding

• All art is fine motor, but not all fine motor is art.

Manipulative

Using objects to learn with – best way to learn.

Select open-ended toys that have a variety of uses.

Small Motor / Manipulative Play

Sand or water or other sensory table play

PaintingPuzzlesPlay doughCuttingBoard games

Threading (beads and lacing cards)

Math blockchain linksdicefoam shapesSorting objects

(beans)blocks

WHAT FINE MOTOR ACTIVITY COULD YOU USE IN YOUR LESSON?

BLOCK AREA Blocks, lego’s, lincoln logs, …

Place i t away from quiet areas and next to noisy areas l ike dramatic play.

Have ample space to build without gett ing in the way of others.

Use the shelves for separation, wal ls, and storage.Use a flat carpeted surface for warmth, comfort,

and noise control .Provide props other than blocks: furniture,

people, cars, animals, road signs…..

3. Sensory Motor / Discovery Play

Using senses and fine motor skills to learn. If they use all 5 senses at

the same time, they will learn best.

Play dough, sand, water, finger paint, rice bucket, listening activities…

Have children stand in a line with one leader (adult) and the other adult leader stands across the yard or room. The leader without children yells :

“___, _____, how did you get there?” (filling in the blanks with an animal or a mode of transportation)

The other adult leader yells the mode of movement for that animal or vehicle.

ex. "Snake, snake, how did you get there?" "We slithered!" At this point all the children pretend to be that thing and

slither to the other leader. It goes back and forth as long as the attention of your children.

Use horses, elephant, frog, bees, motorcycles, helicopter, racecars, airplanes, etc. …

How did you get there?

4. Dramatic / Make-believe/ Pretend

Situations that teach real life and allow a child to express themselves and their

emotions.THINK OF IT AS A STAGE WHERE THE CHILD ENTERS

AND IMMEDIATELY TAKES ON A ROLE.Examples:

Playing house, doctor, store, school, hair salon, post office, etc…

Acting out stories from a book Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Puppets Play , Group time, and Transitions

Benefits of Dramatic Play

The teacher can use puppets and props to motivate and teach the children. Often children will listen to a puppet over a teacher.

Provides an outlet for the child’s inner thoughts and feelings. The self conscious child can hide behind A puppet or a character and act

out feelings or be anything. They may say things to or through a puppet that they would not say to

anyone else.Develops problem solving skills, cause and effect, decision

making, autonomy, and self-image.Practice language development, verbal expression, and social

interaction. Plot development, character role, puppetry

Allows children to learn about and experience their world and the people in

it.Teaches about occupations and roles and how to do them in real life.

Little boy

Creating The Dramatic Play Space

It is often based on the day’s theme.Separate area that can have 3 sides.

Walls, dividers, shelves, and furniture can be used.Near other noisy areas.Ample space to build and develop, flat and

carpetedNear block area so they can share suppliesContaining real life items.

Provide Language and Literacy experiences

Menu’s for the restaurantPhone books for the houseMagazines for the beauty parlorLetters for Post officeBoxes, Bags, Ads for grocery store.

Be aware of Culture!! Supply pictures and props that represent

different races, and types of culture.

Best done when restrictions are few and possibilities are endless.

Dramatic Play Prop Box Supplies

HOUSE Stove - refrigerator - child-sized

table & chairs - - mirrors - dolls - doll bed & high chair ,

Pots & Pans, Utensils - cooking equipment Clock -

telephone – food

Grocery store, Salon, Post office, Gardner, Doctor, Royalty?

POST OFFICE

Weather

Mailboxes, mailbags, clothes, taped houses around the room with # envelopes on it. Give children stacks of postcards with coordinating numbers on it so they can delivery the mail.

clothes for all weather, weatherman clothes and props4 boxes with each weather and

props inside it: fan for wind, sun lamp for sun, blue ice with cotton balls on it for snow, squirt bottle

for rain.

Look at basic junk items as creative opportunities!

Use toilet paper rolls to create a real life object like binoculars.

Take small empty clear water bottles, fill them half full with water and food coloring, then hot glue the cap on. The kids love pretending to drink these different "juices".

Shred colored paper into empty spice containers .

How about a cardboard box?

Dramatic Play Prop Box

• LOOK AT YOUR PRESCHOOL LESSON THEME

• LIST 10 ITEMS THAT YOU CAN REALISTICALLY PUT IN YOUR DRAMATIC PLAY AREA. USE YOUR IMAGINATION!

EXAMPLE: SCHOOLBook, Paper, Chalk, Crayons, Ruler, Glasses,

Construction Paper, Calculator, Markers, Notebook, old workbooks and textbooks, a bell

Other ideas:

Caregiver’s Role in Dramatic Play

COACHING: Provide children with problem solving ideas.

Child may not want to be a baker because there is not a baker’s hat. You help them make a paper hat

A child is hitting and you tell them to stop because the child does not like it and then direct them through solving the issue.

MODELING: Show them appropriate ways to play a part.

In a shoe store the child may not know how to sell shoes so you say," Would you like to buy some shoes today?”

Your child looks hungry, shouldn’t you go and feed him?

FROZEN BEAN BAG

BEAN BAG SCATTER

Equipment: bean bag for each child.

Choose a body part (head) Children move around

balancing a bean bag on their head (or specified body part) until bean bag falls. Then they must freeze until someone puts the bean bag back onto their head without dropping their own bean bag.

Equipment: bucketful of bean bags

Teacher throws bean bags all around and children run to collect them and bring them back to the bucket.

Aim is for teacher to keep bucket empty - children to keep bean bags in it

BEAN BAG GAMES Which type of play?

5. Active, Rough and Tumble, Gross MotorOutdoor PLAY

This looks like running around or fighting, but it is a great release of energy and builds physical and social skills.

Included daily as part of the curriculum Teaches healthy habits of activity

sports, play sword fight, wrestle, chase, playground, games

OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS

Children in one unit cannot reach children in another unit.

The children should not have to walk through one area to get to another.

The caregiver should be able to see all areas of the playground easily.

It must be fenced in with a five foot fence.

Provide a multipurpose of equipment for child stimulation.

Enough empty space but not Dead space.40 square feet per child or an acceptable alternative.

Lots of grass and trees to run around.A shaded area.

What Gross Motor Skill and Fine motor skill Activity could you use as part of your Preschool Theme Lesson?

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CENTERS• Floor Tic Tac Toe with bean bags• Boat, fishing, puppets, doll• Balance beam• Ringer tubes• Straws and scrap paper cut• Blocks• Sand and rice buckets• Puzzles• Make a puppet