I have selected to observe the video titled “Preschool free play, video number two”. The classroom is an enriched environment containing many different materials that the children can choose from. Jean-Jacques Rousseau work, is categorized under maturationist theory which support this classrooms environment. His work emphasizing the importance of providing optimal conditions, to help children develop accordingly to their own schedule (Brewer, 2007, p.7). Throughout the observation the preschoolers had free range to explore and choose from various available materials.
As free play began the children scatter to different areas. I have noticed that most children participated in parallel play with slight communication. Parten describes the different levels of social play by determining that parallel play comes first along with associative play then cooperative play (Brewer, 2007, p.144). Parten mentions that young children are not cognitively capable of cooperative play. Paget and Inhelder support Parten’s statement by determining that three to four year old children will usually play the way they want and not follow rules (Brewer, 2007, p. 145). Therefore it is important to teach children how to cooperate and partake in following rules, setting rules, giving ideas, listening to others and accepting that …show more content…
One boy saw that his friend was struggling to fix his broken toy, so he ask his friend if it is broke. His friend did not respond the first time nor the second time he asked. So the little boy just grabbed the broken toy and shared his fixed toy with his friend. Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic theory explains how the superego of pre-schoolers, consist of a moral agent (Pitman, 2015, PowerPoint). Although the little boy was aware of his friend struggle and shared his toy, his friend did not communicate with him as he continued fidgeting with the broken toy making it hard to
As free play began the children scatter to different areas. I have noticed that most children participated in parallel play with slight communication. Parten describes the different levels of social play by determining that parallel play comes first along with associative play then cooperative play (Brewer, 2007, p.144). Parten mentions that young children are not cognitively capable of cooperative play. Paget and Inhelder support Parten’s statement by determining that three to four year old children will usually play the way they want and not follow rules (Brewer, 2007, p. 145). Therefore it is important to teach children how to cooperate and partake in following rules, setting rules, giving ideas, listening to others and accepting that …show more content…
One boy saw that his friend was struggling to fix his broken toy, so he ask his friend if it is broke. His friend did not respond the first time nor the second time he asked. So the little boy just grabbed the broken toy and shared his fixed toy with his friend. Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic theory explains how the superego of pre-schoolers, consist of a moral agent (Pitman, 2015, PowerPoint). Although the little boy was aware of his friend struggle and shared his toy, his friend did not communicate with him as he continued fidgeting with the broken toy making it hard to