Tina Bruce Tina Bruce Children need to be

Tina Bruce

Tina Bruce • • Children need to be children Development and learning go together Make relationships with others – vital Interaction of the child, content and educational needs need to be good and successful

Tina Bruce • Child should be free to – Make own choices and mistakes – Learn independently – Be self motivated – Build on what they can do – Use imagination and symbolic representation

Tina Bruce Children need to “wallow in ideas, feelings and relationships” and to become “technically proficient” through play Play is a vital part of learning

10 principles of play • • • Childhood Holistic Learning is linked Intrinsic motivation Self discipline Receptive periods • Build on what child can do • Inner structure of child -emerges under favourable conditions • People important • Child’s education is interaction between child and environment

Twelve features of play 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Using first hand experiences Making the rules Making props Choosing to play Rehearsing the future Pretending

Twelve features of play 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Playing alone Playing together Having a personal agenda Being deeply involved Trying out recent learning Coordinating ideas, feelings and relationships for free flow play

Balance • There must be a balance between overloading or ignoring children • Play needs to be good quality • Balance=good quality play • Poor quality play=child being ignored or overloaded

Play needs …. • • Real experiences-cooking, gardening Free-flow Games-using set rules not child’s own Representation-experience first hand, visit zoo, pet and hold animals then draw picture/make collage

Structured Play as defined by Tina Bruce • Mathematical games-dominoes, snakes and ladders, ludo • Performance games – dance, drama, ring games, parachute games • Sports games – rounders, football, tennis