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‫‪Presentation about:‬‬
‫"‪" How play helps children's development‬‬

‫‪Under supervision:‬‬
‫‪Dr . Reda Abd elmohsen‬‬ ‫&‬ ‫‪Dr . Abrar Hamed‬‬

‫‪Head department:‬‬
‫‪Prof / Dr . Faten shafek‬‬

‫‪Prof / Dr . Madiha Hassan‬‬

‫‪Participants in preparing the‬‬

‫‪presentation:‬‬
‫احمد صالح عبد المجٌد حسن‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد صالح ابو الفتوح بٌومً‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد صبري محمود محمد‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد صالح مصطفً هنداوي‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد طارق خلٌل ابراهٌم‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد طارق فتحً عبد العزٌز‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عادل فرج عبد العال‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد المحسن محمد قمر الدولة‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد الباقً شحاته عبد الباقً‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد الحمٌد جوده عبد الحمٌد‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد الرحمن رجب محمد‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد الرحمن عبد المجٌد محمد‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد العاطً السٌد عبد الرحمن‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عبد هللا محمد محمد‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد عزت علً حسن‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد فرج عبد العال محمد عبد العال‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد مجدي حماد ابراهٌم اسماعٌل‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد محمد سعٌد علً ٌحى النجار‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد محمد عبد الخالق علوان شاهٌن‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد محمد مصطفً النادي‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد محمد عطٌة محمد‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫احمد محمود محمد محمود محمد‬ ‫‪‬‬
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Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, the audience should be
able to:
Define playing proses.
Identify Why play is important.
Discuss Developing physical health through play.
Discuss Developing social skills through play.
Enumerate Factors that make playing useful and
enjoyable for children.

Outline :
What the definition of playing .
Why play is important for children.
Developing physical health through play.
Developing social skills through play.
Factors that make playing useful and enjoyable for
children.

Introduction
Play is one of the most important aspects of a child’s life.
Why? Because through peekaboo, patty-cake, and playing
house, children learn to think creatively and interact
socially.Through play, they develop physically and discover a
slew of emotional skills,and they learn how to process the
world. In short, play is pivotal to your child’s development.

What the definition of playing

Playing is a natural and enjoyable way for children to keep
active, stay well and be happy. Freely chosen play helps
children and young people’s healthy development. To have
good physical and mental health and to learn life skills, they
need various unstructured play opportunities from birth until
they’re teenagers.
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Different types of play

Solitary (Independent) Play:
Solitary play is just what it sounds like—your child playing
alone. This type of play is important because it teaches a
child how to keep themself entertained, eventually setting
the path to being self-sufficient.2 Toys for independent play
can be anything that babies, toddlers, or preschoolers play
can play with on their own, such as stuffed animals, blocks,
toy figures, dress-up costumes, noisemakers, play "tools,"
dolls, push toys, and books.

Unoccupied Play:
Unoccupied play primarily occurs in infants, from birth to
three months. This is the first stage of play, and to the
untrained eye, likely doesn't look like play at all. However,
infant activity of observing their surroundings and/or
displaying random movements with seemingly no objective is
actually unoccupied play.

Onlooker Play:
Onlooker play is when a child simply observes other
children playing and doesn't partake in the action. Your child
may watch what you or other adults are doing as well.
Onlooker play is typical for children between two and three
years old and is especially common for younger children who
are working on their developing vocabulary.

Parallel Play:
Put two 3-year-olds in a room together and this is what you
are likely to see: the two children having fun, playing side by
side in their own little worlds. It doesn't mean that they don't
like one another, they are just engaging in parallel play. This
type of play begins around age two and differs from playing
together in that neither child tries to influence the play of the
other.
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Associative Play:
Slightly different from parallel play, associative play, which
commonly begins between ages three or four, also features
children playing separately from one another. But in this
mode of play, they are involved with what the other is doing—
think children building a city with blocks. As they build their
individual buildings, they are talking to one another and
engaging each other but primarily working on their own.
Typically, this form of play phases out by age five.

Cooperative Play:
Cooperative play is where all the stages come together and
children truly start playing together. Typically occurring
between four and five years of age, this is the predominant
type of play seen in groups of older preschoolers on up or in
younger preschoolers who have older siblings or have been
around a lot of children. However, the earlier stages of play
will still be used to varying degrees by these children at other
times as well.

Competitive Play:
Competitive Play is the ranked Play Mode of Over watch. In
this mode, players are matched with others of similar skill
level that is of greater accuracy than the matchmaking
system in Quick Play. It is a more serious game mode where
players compete in order to rank up. Competitive Play will
have each team take turns attacking and defending until the
match is decided.
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Why play is important

Play improves the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional
well-being of children and young people.Through play,
children learn about the world and themselves.They also
learn skills they need for study, work and relationships such
as:

 confidence
 self-esteem
 interaction
 social skills
 independence
 curiosity
 coping with challenging situations

Developing physical health through play

Physical play such as running, skipping and riding a bicycle
helps children develop:

 good physical fitness

 agility
 stamina
 co-ordination
 balance

Developing social skills through play

Playing can help children develop their social skills with
others. By listening, paying attention and sharing play
experiences, this helps a child:

 explore their feelings

 develop self-discipline
 learn how to express themselves
 work out emotional aspects of life
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Factors that make playing useful and

enjoyable
Freely chosen play
Freely chosen play is when a child decides and controls their
play following their own instincts, imagination and
interests. They play without being led by adults.There’s no
right or wrong way to play. Freely chosen play improves
children’s health, well-being and development.

Playful parenting
Through play, parents can connect fully with their children
and have fun. A parent or carer can support and take part in
their child’s play activities but they shouldn’t direct what
happens.It’s important they give their children time, freedom
and choice to play. If an adult makes all the decisions about
how, what and when their child plays, the child won’t enjoy
their play experiences.

Play and challenge

Children often want to create challenge and uncertainty in
their play. Through risky, challenging play, children test
themselves and find out their own limits. They learn how to
deal with risk through play and can use these same skills
later in life.Parents should encourage their children from
birth to extend themselves. Teach them basic skills
including:

 riding a bicycle
 swimming
 road safety

Explain that it’s important to learn from mistakes, to try again

and to believe in themselves. Help them understand their
limits and their boundaries. Allow them to have fun in their
play.
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digital technology
To make sure children have time for unstructured, freely
chosen play every day, parents should limit screen time. The
younger the child, the less time they should be using digital
devices.Keep certain times and areas in the home
technology-free zones such as:

 meals
 when outdoors
 before bed
 bedrooms

Talk to your children, play games or look at a book together.

Join in your children’s screen time and talk about their online
activity.Show your children good example by limiting your
own screen time.

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