Pros of Play and Learning
Play based learning allows for students to experience lower levels of stress and this other feeling
What is anxiety?
Finding a balance between play and this goal is a con of this topic
What is academic goals?
Making a pretend menu helps work on this written skill
What is Literacy skills?
Children playing board games is an example of this type of play
What is structured play?
Children discovering new things about themselves is an example of this attribute
What is playful instincts?
When students become more focused on having fun than the learning objective
What is distraction from learning goals?
Balancing blocks and running on a playground are examples of growing this ability
What is Physical abilities?
A child using a banana as a phone is an example of this type of play
What is symbolic play?
Play helps develop speech, language and listening skills which contribute to this needed ability
What is communication?
Play based learning may increase the risk of this classroom challenge, making it harder to maintain control
What is loss of classroom control?
Playing with and naming dinosaurs grows kid's foundation of expression
What is vocabulary?
A toddler repeatedly stacking and knocking down blocker towers is an example of this type of play
What is functional play?
When children are immersed in play based learning, their creativity levels increase along with this other skill
What is social skills?
Time and money are just examples of this con of playing
What is resource limitations
Simon says is and example of kids taking turns and working together which helps grow this skill
What is Social skills?
Children playing pretend roles is an example of this type of play
What is sociodramatic play?
Children are able to express themselves more freely which boosts this skill
What is creativity
Potential downside when play activities do not incorporate everyone's interests
What is Play Exclusion?
A pretend grocery store helps children learn this skill that involves thinking, learning and comprehending
What is Cognitive skills?