What Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Learn from Play: 12 Ideas

Autor/in	Honig, Alice Sterling
Titel	What Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Learn from Play: 12 Ideas
Quelle	In: Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 18 (2006) 1, S.16-21 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1054-0040
Schlagwörter	Play; Child Development; Young Children; Preschool Children; Interpersonal Competence; Thinking Skills; Language Skills; Sex Role; Number Concepts; Time; Spatial Ability; Perceptual Motor Learning; Emotional Development; Attention Span; Sensory Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Kindesentwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Geschlechterrolle; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Zeit; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung; Gefühlsbildung; Sinnerfahrung
Abstract	In this article, the author presents the 12 benefits of playing as a reference and guide for teachers in helping young children develop their cognitive skills, motor ability, socio-emotional, and academic development during play time. The following 12 benefits are described: (1) Play Enhances Bodily Gracefulness; (2) Play Promotes Social Skills; (3) Play Sharpens Cognitive and Language Skills; (4) Play Teaches Gender Roles; (5) Play Develops Understanding of Number and Time Concepts; (6) Play Promotes Spatial Understanding; (7) Play Prompts Causality Reasoning; (8) Sociodramatic Play Clarifies the World of Pretend Versus Real; (9) Play Enriches Sensory and Aesthetic Appreciation; (10) Play Extends Attention Span, Persistence, and Sense of Mastery; (11) Children Express Emotions through Play; and (12) Play Deepens a Child?s Sense of Serenity and Joy. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10