Definitions
What is play?
Play is inherently enjoyable and children are naturally driven to engage in play, which offers them opportunities to enhance their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social developmental skills.
What is Holistic Development?
Children's growth across physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains through diverse play experiences.
Digital Play
Involves interactive engagement with digital technologies, such as video games, online platforms, and educational apps.
What age range is considered "middle childhood"?
6-12 years old.
Pursuing an activity for the enjoyment it brings, rather than the reward it produces.
Physical Development
Improves motor skills, coordination, strength, and overall well-being through diverse activities and movements.
Risky Play
Challenging activities that aim to foster resilience, problem-solving, and confidence in handling risks. Examples: rock climbing, tree climbing, exploring unfamiliar environments, adventurous sports like skateboarding or parkour, and other activities that involve a level of perceived danger or challenge.
What age range is considered "adolescence"?
10-19 years old.
Schemas
Recurring patterns or themes reflecting children's natural ways of exploring and understanding the world.
Cognitive Development
Enhances problem-solving, strategic thinking, creativity, and social cognition, leading to improved executive functions and decision-making skills.
Creative Play
Activities that encourage self-expression, imagination, and artistic exploration. Examples: drawing, painting, music, and drama.
What territory is MSVU located in?
MSVU is located in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), part of Mi'kma'ki, the unceded ancestral territory which remains the homeland of the Mi'kmaq Nation.
Strengths-Based Approach
Nurturing children's existing abilities and positive qualities to promote well-being, development, and resilience in facing challenges.
Emotional Development
Fosters self-expression, social interaction, and emotional regulation, contributing to empathy, communication skills, and emotional resilience.
Competitive Play
Activities where individuals or teams compete against each other to achieve a specific goal, often with established rules and a clear winner. Examples: family board games and sports.
What is the name of the multi-coloured silicone bands formed into shapes such as animals, objects, numbers, and letters that were popular in the early 2000s?
Silly Bandz.
Pedagogy
The strategy of how educators' teach based on their beliefs, in both practice and theory.
Social Development
Fosters cooperation, communication, interpersonal skills, and a sense of teamwork, helping children navigate social relationships and understand diverse perspectives.
Cooperative Play
Activities where individuals work together to achieve common goals, emphasizing teamwork and mutual support. Examples: group assignments in school, building a fort, and team sports.
Eight-year-old Ava is figuring out that she is good at some things and bad at others. According to Erikson, if Ava views herself as successful in most of the things that she does, she will develop a sense of ________.
Competence. Erikson believed that if these industrious children view themselves as successful in their endeavors, they will get a sense of competence for future challenges.