The PBS (2013-2015) Parents website offers the following definition for sensory play also known as ‘Messy Play’ by some Early Years practitioners. Gascoyne, (2013) however points out that “not all sensory play is messy”. There are many practitioners and parents that do not like this type of play and unwittingly limit how often it is available or the environment in which it is offered to children. Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates young child's senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing”. Spending time stimulating children’s senses is also said to help the children develop cognitively, linguistically, socially and emotionally, physically and creatively (PBS 2013-2015). This research report will focus on what an Early Years
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• To whether sensory play impacts on a child’s cognitive and social development.
This research could be beneficial to Early Years Practitioners’ who have to plan sensory play activities within their settings. Sensory play is not restricted to children that have a disability but for all children. Practitioners’ will be able to evaluate and promote equality through sensory play, also take into account the areas of learning and development as set out in the Development Matters (Early Education 2012:3).
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The researcher will have the responsibility to maintain high standards in methods employed in the collection and analysis of data collection. The research report will use pseudonyms so the participants or the setting cannot be identified from any data collected. It is also the researcher’s responsibility to safeguard the wellbeing of all the participants, maintain confidentiality and anonymity as set out in the Social Research Association (SRA) ethical code of conduct (Unknown, 1978). The participants will not be given any false information about the research. Before handing out the questionnaires, consents will be obtained from the researchers setting and from the participants themselves. This will be done by using a consent form. By signing this document, participants indicate that they fully understand the research in which they are participating in (Bryman, 2013). The signed consent forms will be kept by the researcher in a locked cabinet at the setting until the research report has been finalised and graded; they will then be shredded and put into the confidential waste. The participants will be made aware of how the data collected will be used. The anonymised data will only be shared with the researcher, their lecturer at their institution, a second marker and a possible external
• To whether sensory play impacts on a child’s cognitive and social development.
This research could be beneficial to Early Years Practitioners’ who have to plan sensory play activities within their settings. Sensory play is not restricted to children that have a disability but for all children. Practitioners’ will be able to evaluate and promote equality through sensory play, also take into account the areas of learning and development as set out in the Development Matters (Early Education 2012:3).
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The researcher will have the responsibility to maintain high standards in methods employed in the collection and analysis of data collection. The research report will use pseudonyms so the participants or the setting cannot be identified from any data collected. It is also the researcher’s responsibility to safeguard the wellbeing of all the participants, maintain confidentiality and anonymity as set out in the Social Research Association (SRA) ethical code of conduct (Unknown, 1978). The participants will not be given any false information about the research. Before handing out the questionnaires, consents will be obtained from the researchers setting and from the participants themselves. This will be done by using a consent form. By signing this document, participants indicate that they fully understand the research in which they are participating in (Bryman, 2013). The signed consent forms will be kept by the researcher in a locked cabinet at the setting until the research report has been finalised and graded; they will then be shredded and put into the confidential waste. The participants will be made aware of how the data collected will be used. The anonymised data will only be shared with the researcher, their lecturer at their institution, a second marker and a possible external