Social Learning Theory: The Importance Of Play In Children

The Importance of Play There is a serious need for pay for infants and toddlers. Play is the foundation for all other learning (Lawrence). When child get to play they are able to develop skills on their own and explore the world around them. When kids have free play this helps them become socially adapt, cope with stress, and build cognitive skills such as problem solving (Lawrence). These are important skills to have and develop at a young age so we will be able to use them through the rest of our life. Children need to have playtime because it is significant for them to be healthy and have positive development. Play for all human being is essential for our emotional health and wellbeing. I enjoy this concept because children should be …show more content…
He stressed that modeling, which is also imitation or observational learning is a powerful and important source of development (Berk). When children have the skills to listen, remember, and abstract general rules from complex sets of observed behaviors it affects their imitation and learning (Berk). As humans, we learn an a lot through imitation and imitation involves cognitive processes. It is important to realize in this theory that organisms emit responses, which lead to consequences (Lawrence). It is important what are child see from us because they are learning from the words we say and the actions we …show more content…
If I teach my children simple signs such as food, drink, or any other basic commands when they are infants it will help me better understand their wants and needs. It is extremely important that I have good communication with my children because not being able to communicate can cause problems such as frustration and tantrums. Something new that I learned is that when infants learn to sign at a young age they are able to express themselves more (Baby Signs). This improves their overall development and gives them better social communications skills. This concept is important to me because it is essential that all children are able to communicate with their parent. When parents and infants can communicate and understand each other’s needs and wants there will be less crying from the infant and less frustration from the adult. When we teach are children to sign we are able to communicate with them earlier than we would wit speech. Although it takes some time and patience to teach children how to sign, it will be worth it and benefit the parents and the