HBEC 2803

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

AGENDA
• INTRODUCTION AND ICE-BREAKER
• MODE OF COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION
• ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSION
• TOPIC 2
• ICE-BREAKER
• LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• IMPORTANT POINTERS

• EXPECTATION, WRAP-UP: SUMMARY, Q&A, THE END

 INTRODUCTION AND ICE-BREAKER
Dear learners,

Salam Sejahtera and good day! Welcome to the HBEC 2803 Learning Through Play in Early Childhood Education for May 2022
Semester in OUM. I hope you are doing well and that you are excited to begin a brand-new learning journey together. I am Pn
Melissa Steven, your e-Tutor for this course. First, let's get to know each other.

i) Your name (Learning Centre)

ii) Do you have any experience in the field of early childhood education? If yes, briefly share your experiences. If you don't have,
briefly share memories of you being around children instead.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you and let's have an awesome semester together!

Best regards,
Pn Melissa

e-Tutor
MODE OF COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION
ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSION
• Let’s go through the Assignment: Part I and Part II
• Areas to focus on Part I (50 marks) :
• Written Assignment and Lesson Plan: (Questions 1 and 2 Key words)
• Familiarize yourself with the key words and read up
• Go through the resources and locate key words: Module, e-book, journals
• Assignment Rubrics

• Areas to focus on Part II (10 marks):

• Online Class Participation: (Questions 1,2 and 3 Key words)
• Familiarize yourself with the key words and read up and participate actively
with your peers in the myINSPIRE e-forum
• Go through the resources and locate key words: Module, e-book, journals
• Assignment Rubrics
ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSION PART II
ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSION

Q&A
Topic 2: What is Play?
Learning Outcomes:

• By the end of this topic, you should be able to

1. Describe the importance of play to children.
2. Categorize the characteristics of play for children.
3. Identify the different types of play.
4. Describe the patterns of play in children.
Describe the importance of play to children.
Categorize the characteristics of play
for children
• Rubin et al. (1983), described play when it contains these six essential
characteristics:
✓ Play is intrinsically motivated

✓ Play must be freely chosen by the respondents

✓ Play must be pleasurable

✓ Play is spontaneous

✓ Play is non-literal

✓ The player must actively engage in play

Stages of Play
• Mildred Parten (1933), claimed that children go through six stages of play
as identified below:
✓ Stage 1: Unoccupied Play

✓ Stage 2: Solitary Play

✓ Stage 3: Onlooker Play

✓ Stage 4: Parallel Play

✓ Stage 5: Associative Play

✓ Stage 6: Cooperative Play

Stages of Play
• Mildred Parten (1933), claimed that children go through six stages of play as identified below:
✓ Stage 1: Unoccupied Play (newborn and infant play)
✓ Stage 2: Solitary Play (disregard other children, constructing tower block)
✓ Stage 3: Onlooker Play (playing individually and is simultaneously observing, sitting passively
but very alert to actions)
✓ Stage 4: Parallel Play (playing with the same materials but each is playing independently,
playing with puzzles)
✓ Stage 5: Associative Play (several children play together but in loosely organized fashion, run
around playground)
✓ Stage 6: Cooperative Play (child accepts a designated role and is dependent on others to
achieve the goals of the play, storekeeper and customer)
 Stages of Play

Source: https://pathways.org/kids-learn-
play-6-stages-play-development/
Identify the different types of play.

Source: https://www.playscotland.org/resources/play-types-poster/
Identify the different types of play.
Symbolic Play: Using Exploratory play:
objects to represent Play to access
other objects factual information
that uses senses
and objects

Communication
play: Uses words,
gestures etc.

Deep play: Risky

experiences of
play to conquer
fear

Rough-and-Tumble
Play: Using physical
flexibility that does Imaginative play:
not hurt someone Play that does not
follow
conventional rules
but it is build upon
the understanding
of the real world
Source: https://www.playscotland.org/resources/play-types-poster/
Identify the different types of play.
Creative play: Play
Locomotor Play: Play that allows new
that involves ideas, self-
movement for expression,
movement’s sake exploration,
designing etc.

Fantasy play: Child's

imagination is
beyond everything
and often includes
Socio-dramatic scenarios that do not
play: Enactment of come true
real or potential
experiences Mastery play:
Involves interacting
with physical
aspects of the
environment

Dramatic play: Social play: Play

Dramatizes events during social
where children situations that
have various roles follows rules
to play, may not
necessarily require
interaction with
Source: https://www.playscotland.org/resources/play-types-poster/
another
Identify the different types of play.
Recapitulative Play:
Plat that permits the
exploration of
ancestry, history,
rituals, stories etc.

Role play: Explores

ways taking on
different roles in
play, being a cab
driver by driving a
cab or a “box” Object Play: Play
that requires hand-
eye manipulation
and movements,
novel uses of
objects

Source: https://www.playscotland.org/resources/play-types-poster/
Describe the patterns of play in children
Dhingra et al. (2005), explained three main elements to play
patterns:
• Play Materials (With and without)

• Play Activities (What about it and how is it similar)

• Extent of Adult Supervision (Adults vs. Teacher)

Describe the patterns of play in children
Gaskins et al. (2007), explained three general cultural perceptions/views
that significantly impacts play patterns:
• Culturally Curtailed Play ( limited value, discouraged)

• Culturally Accepted Play (keeps children busy, does not encourage)

• Culturally Cultivated Play (“work”, encouraged, promotes learning)

WRAP-UP: SUMMARY

• Know the importance of play across all domains

• Know the six characteristics of play
• Know the six stages of play
• Identify different types of play
• Describe the patterns of play
EXPECTATION
• Follow-up, participate and communicate via myINSPIRE
• Additional Journals, Website Links, Resources
• Become the best learner you can be
• Do attend the e-Tutorials
• Plan, read-up, make your own notes, quiz yourself, do some reading
• Submit your assignments on time
THE END
 References & Readings
• https://pathways.org/kids-learn-play-6-stages-play-development/
• https://www.playscotland.org/resources/play-types-poster/
• Neale, D. (2020). The importance of play in early childhood. International Journal of Birth
& Parent Education, 7(4), 10–12.
• Ole Fredrik Lillemyr. (2020). Taking Play Seriously (2nd Ed.): A Challenge of Learning.
Information Age Publishing.
• Stuart Reifel, & Mac H. Brown. (2004). Social Contexts of Early Education, and
Reconceptualizing Play: Vol. 1st ed. JAI Press Inc.
• Saracho, O. N., & Spodek, B. (1998). Multiple Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood
Education. SUNY Press.