Introduction
Play according to Allen & Delahunty (2007) means engaging in various recreational activities for entertainment. Play is an essential role of a child's development and growth, it helps children especially during their preschool educational stage to develop physically socially and emotionally, allowing children to develop social interaction with their peer and caregivers(Townsend, Mayekiso & Ntshangase, 2016 p.73). However, the essence of play comprehends elements of learning, open-mindedness, long-term memory and the ability to grow in a more interactive manner that also grooms them to identifying between what's wrong and right as well as sharing with other children (Gregorc & Mesko, 2016 p.20). Thus this essay will consist of …show more content…
As children interact with each other they learn to form equal relationships, as children become more understanding to the fact that their fellow peers also have the knowledge to contribute to certain discussions or when working together also known as symmetrical peer relationship which also facilitates the use of language which automatically encourages higher level moral reasoning, demonstrating a more sophisticated moral reasoning dilemma (Garton, 2004 …show more content…
They get to learn how to share with others and are able to express emotions due to their state of mind whilst still being able to consider not saying something bad that might be harmful to the other (Siegler & Alibali, 2005 p.311).
Conclusion
In conclusion, this essay summed up what solitary, parallel and cooperative play and its associated purpose as well as its essences, how it is beneficial to cognitive, social and emotional development. Therefore with all the description stated above, through research made it is clear that Play is very important to a child's growth as it helps them engage in various activities that will help develop their thinking capacity and well as the problem-solving skills which will help them make or take moral decisions in the
Play according to Allen & Delahunty (2007) means engaging in various recreational activities for entertainment. Play is an essential role of a child's development and growth, it helps children especially during their preschool educational stage to develop physically socially and emotionally, allowing children to develop social interaction with their peer and caregivers(Townsend, Mayekiso & Ntshangase, 2016 p.73). However, the essence of play comprehends elements of learning, open-mindedness, long-term memory and the ability to grow in a more interactive manner that also grooms them to identifying between what's wrong and right as well as sharing with other children (Gregorc & Mesko, 2016 p.20). Thus this essay will consist of …show more content…
As children interact with each other they learn to form equal relationships, as children become more understanding to the fact that their fellow peers also have the knowledge to contribute to certain discussions or when working together also known as symmetrical peer relationship which also facilitates the use of language which automatically encourages higher level moral reasoning, demonstrating a more sophisticated moral reasoning dilemma (Garton, 2004 …show more content…
They get to learn how to share with others and are able to express emotions due to their state of mind whilst still being able to consider not saying something bad that might be harmful to the other (Siegler & Alibali, 2005 p.311).
Conclusion
In conclusion, this essay summed up what solitary, parallel and cooperative play and its associated purpose as well as its essences, how it is beneficial to cognitive, social and emotional development. Therefore with all the description stated above, through research made it is clear that Play is very important to a child's growth as it helps them engage in various activities that will help develop their thinking capacity and well as the problem-solving skills which will help them make or take moral decisions in the