Topic > Types of games as a means of learning - 1451

1. Solitary play - A little boy was busy building an airplane with legos, he was completely absorbed in what he was doing, he was focused on choosing the right color, right size and right shape legos. He was very careful putting the LEGO plane together. Childrden would come up and ask him what he was doing or if they could help him, but he would continue playing and simply say no, thanks. Once he was done he ran around the room, pretending to fly and making all the sounds. When it came time to clean up, he carefully put the plane away and sat down. Parallel game: two little girls feeding their doll. They are both sitting next to their doll in the high chair and they are both talking to the doll asking almost identical questions like "are you hungry, darling" and "do you want some milk", the little girls would rather put a bib on the baby and start feeding him . Both girls only interacted with the baby, but basically mirrored each other's actions towards the doll. Associative game: a group of children is sitting around the plasticine table, preparing pizza with plasticine. We are talking to each other about the type of pizza we are making, but each child was working on their own pizza. Cooperative game: two girls have drawn a huge dress on the asphalt with chalk, we are working together to color it and give it designs. They said it was a princess dress. They spent all their time outside working together to make this beautiful princess dress. I see a lot of social media, they communicate with friends, practice sharing, develop friendships and get along well with others. They work together to make clothes on the asphalt or talk about different types of pizza and which is their favorite. Also... middle of the paper... a site that offers more free play and more choices for kids, I think kids should be given options and can make their own choices, so I found it a little unfair that children never had the opportunity to make decisions for themselves. It was nice, given that I also worked in another preschool, to be able to compare the two preschools, how they are run and what I would and would not change. I also think that the way they ran their program made it harder for me to answer some of my main questions because the kids didn't have free will to do what they wanted, there were no set materials or areas, and there was no not even any disciple. I think the fact that they had 40 kids for 6 teachers was a bit excessive, and I think the teachers themselves weren't very energetic or sociable, which made it almost feel like no one had much control over the class.