Cultural Perspectives on Play – Play in different cultures
By Tracy Son
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”
George Bernard Shaw
Children’s play is different from culture to culture and particularity in the contexts of family ethnic culture. My culture is not highly valued play then academic. We tend to see that play and academic activities separate from each other. However, Play is acceptance because it enhanced learning and understanding the culture-specific routines. We learn to take responsibility for ourselves and the community. Traditional games are encouraged to play because it contains a culture unique.
I grew up in a rural village in Vietnam. It was a close-knit community. Everyone …show more content…
We used our imagination to create things we wanted to play. We also did less sedentary activities and more of running, hiding and climbing, because there was more space to play. We had time to explore things in different ways.
Every afternoon, we met at an usual place to continue the game that we had left a day before. The play was depended on the group’s decision. Most games were played in large group and required high levels of cooperation, imitation, or pretense, such as hide-and-seek, tag games, follow-the-leader, cop and robber, and jumping rope. We engaged in a wide variety of games like role-playing, art activities that emphasized construction, storytelling, folk songs, solve riddles, and books. We played with mix-age children in the neighborhood almost every day after school.
Since we did not have physical education at school, a group of students played during recess time. We brought certain toys or games from home to play, such as jumping rope, playing cards, and memory games. Sometimes we participate in art or music/dance club. We were gathering and singing in a
By Tracy Son
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”
George Bernard Shaw
Children’s play is different from culture to culture and particularity in the contexts of family ethnic culture. My culture is not highly valued play then academic. We tend to see that play and academic activities separate from each other. However, Play is acceptance because it enhanced learning and understanding the culture-specific routines. We learn to take responsibility for ourselves and the community. Traditional games are encouraged to play because it contains a culture unique.
I grew up in a rural village in Vietnam. It was a close-knit community. Everyone …show more content…
We used our imagination to create things we wanted to play. We also did less sedentary activities and more of running, hiding and climbing, because there was more space to play. We had time to explore things in different ways.
Every afternoon, we met at an usual place to continue the game that we had left a day before. The play was depended on the group’s decision. Most games were played in large group and required high levels of cooperation, imitation, or pretense, such as hide-and-seek, tag games, follow-the-leader, cop and robber, and jumping rope. We engaged in a wide variety of games like role-playing, art activities that emphasized construction, storytelling, folk songs, solve riddles, and books. We played with mix-age children in the neighborhood almost every day after school.
Since we did not have physical education at school, a group of students played during recess time. We brought certain toys or games from home to play, such as jumping rope, playing cards, and memory games. Sometimes we participate in art or music/dance club. We were gathering and singing in a