n response to your peers, engage openly and respectfully comment on their perspective.
1. It is important to play during the developmental stage of a child because children need social interaction. This also teaches kids how to share and be mindful while playing. Possible outcomes of a child who does not learn how to play could lead to becoming antisocial. They never learned how to act when around kids their age. They could become shy when being around others their age, and they would not know how to share and play along with others. Play is essential during the developmental stage because, as an adult, it will help you work together with others. Learning how to be respectful when it comes to being an adult and being able to take turns when needing to.
2. Children learn how to communicate, compromise, share, follow directions, follow rules, work with others, use proper language, and patience through play. Play helps develop children’s motor, cognitive, and social skills. (Center on the Developing Child,2019) It can teach children gender role expectations. For example, Playing with dolls is the start of teaching little girls how to care for babies, while tool sets show little boys that it is their job to fix things. It assists parents in teaching children manners each time they say thank you, no thank you, please, or encourage the child to do so.
Have you ever noticed a child struggling to put a toy together or maybe a puzzle? They will have a confused look on their faces while trying to figure out what is the best course of action to take. Play helps a child’s brain make connections (Sewell,2022). If the child figures it out independently, the child has just learned something new while also gaining patience and problem-solving skills. If the child does not figure it out, scaffolding would be the next best course of action. Parents giving hints, other options, or ideas to assist the child is called scaffolding. Instead of doing it for them, scaffolding allows the child to figure things out independently while building their confidence and helping them become independent.
The development of motor skills also happens through play. Play encourages running, jumping, climbing, pulling, and pushing, as well as doing things that encourage children to use their smaller muscles, such as fingers, hands, feet, necks, waist, and mouth. Parents should participate in play with their children so they can notice if there is an issue in their child’s motor skill development. Physical therapy is usually needed to help children with motor skill issues.
