This lesson takes a developmental look at facilitating children’s play from infants through preschoolers. Learn whether an adult should step in and play with the children or step back and observe children playing. Play problems (exclusion, lack of sharing) seem to be important areas of concern for many child care practitioners and the lesson will focus on how practitioners can handle these problems with young children. (2 hours)
Objectives
- Understand how play supports children's development.
- List ways to add play materials to activity areas to support children's play.
- Identify the roles of adults in supporting children's play.
