Social play is usually the first form of play observed in young children. For example, children with physical, intellectual, and/or language disabilities engage in play behaviours, yet they may experience delays in some forms of play and require more parental supervision than typically developing children. The frequency and type of play vary according to children’s age, cognitive maturity, physical development, as well as the cultural context. Throughout the preschool years, young children engage in different forms of play, including social, parallel, object, sociodramatic and locomotor play. Not only play helps children develop pre-literacy skills, problem solving skills and concentration, but it also generates social learning experiences, and helps children to express possible stresses and problems. Yet, play is essential to young children’s education and should not be abruptly minimized and segregated from learning. Along the same lines, the increase of commercial toys and technological developments by the toy industry has fostered more sedentary and less healthy play behaviours in children. Furthermore, parental concerns about safety sometimes limit children’s opportunities to engage in playful and creative activities. Over the last decade, there has been on-going reduction of playtime in favour of educational instructions, especially in modern and urban societies. Although play is an important arena in children’s life associated with immediate, short-term and long-term term benefits, cultural factors influence children’s opportunities for free play in different ways. Between 3% to 20% of young children’s time and energy is spent in play, and more so in non-impoverished environment. Recognized as a universal phenomenon, play is a legitimate right of childhood and should be part of all children’s life. In contrast to games, play behaviour is more disorganized, and is typically done for its own sake (i.e., the process is more important than any goals or end points). Play is a spontaneous, voluntary, pleasurable and flexible activity involving a combination of body, object, symbol use and relationships. Technology in early childhood education.Stress and pregnancy (prenatal and perinatal).Integrated early childhood development services.Importance of early childhood development.Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
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