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Creativity Development And Education In Children Through Play
from: Jennifer Morton - Guest WriterSince young children are not equipped with enough visual and speech faculties to effectively communicate their thoughts and feelings with adults, their development and creative traits are best addressed via the world of play.
Children respond well to visual stimuli, and have been observed to learn much better, and develop more, if information is incoporated into playtime activities. For children better education is actually achieved through constant play, especially amongst toddlers.
Some of the play time activities you can use with toddlers to help them develop their creative faculties, and other senses faster, are detailed below. A great many other strategies do exist, but the following have been found to be effective in a variety of different studies.
I. Lifting And Laying:-
The child begins using verbal gestures to communicate, usually starting around ages ten to twelve months. They also start to associate words with objects, enjoy waving goodbye and speak their first recognizable words. At this stage they start to initiate playing familiar games and routines with adults.
What you need is:-
- a big basket or pail
- toys that fit into the basket or pail
- a yard of cord
What to do:-
- Tie a cord through a basket or pail handle. Let the child dump small toys into the basket or pail. Then drag the basket across the room as the child holds the cord.
- The child can dump the contents into another basket or on the floor again.
- Dump and haul, the dump and haul again.
II. Help Me to Pack:-
What it can do for the child
- enrich vocabulary
- practice communication skills
- practice stretching, thereby strengthening arm muscles
What you need:-
- a used shopping bag or basket
What to do
- This is a fun way to put all your child's toys away after play time. Start putting the toys and other objects in the bag while announcing "It's time to pack away all our things."
- Then encourage the child to join in and help out.
- As you start filling up your own bag, name and identify every object that you pick up.
Try this activity when putting items into a laundry basket, or fixing up your toy shelf.
III. Paper Cup Thrower:-
Your child is like a miniature Einstein, trying to explore and discover as many things about the world as he or she can every minute. A child learns to solve problems through trial and error, and tries to find out the cause-and-effect relationships of every object she or he holds, and the actions that are being done.
What it can do for the child
- introduce a cognitive activity that allows the child to explore shapes and spaces
- continue developing cause-and-effect links
What you need
- 10 to 12 pieces of paper cups or plastic cups
What to do
- Things fit together! What's more, the objects look different when they do come together! These are some of the many "great" discoveries of your active toddler. Let the child play with the cups, seeing how they come together and apart, and then come back together again.
IV. Dramatic Play:-
At age 2 to 3 years, the child is able to concentrate on his or her self-selected activities for longer periods. Pretend-play with parents siblings etc, becomes the highligh of his or her day. They muse on other people's actions, facial expressions, and gestures, and very often attempt to imitate them.
Make believe or playing pretend is very important in the early years. and it is also among the big favorites in a toddler's play choices. The first interest in pretend-play begins as a 10 to 12 month old picks up a rattle, places it near his or her ear, and starts babbling words like an adult would do with a telephone.
Dramatic play is one activity that strengthens holistic development. It touches these aspects in a child's growth beginning with learning to use symbols through toys, or playing out emotional scenes and interacting with others.
They start to create friendships, they begin to bond with their family, as well as talking to each other and thinking of new words and expressions. As far as their physical development is concerned, they can be seen to begin using gestures, facial expressions, and playing "dress up" type games.
Since children still lack the capacity to communicate effectively, play is very often their main medium of education. It is very important therefore that as parents we must allow our children sufficient time for play, in order for them to develop creative faculties early in their lives.
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