Playgrounds

Imagine you are walking in a park, and you begin to notice all of these smells. They range from the surrounding restaurants, to the rushing river, and the pine trees that fill the park. A park that is described in this way is Riverfront Park, and Riverfront Park is filled with smells to entice the people that visit. When I hear people talking about Riverfront Park, my mind floods with all of the great smells of food in the park. Riverfront Park is not like your ordinary park, its full blown…

begin imitating the actions of other people and experimenting with new sounds and behaviors, they also develop stranger anxiety, or a fear of unrecognized people. - Mr. A has a habit that when he is in a playground, he will find something which he can push around. Every time he in the playground, he will come to…

parks and leafy landscape. The centre of Sydney is a mere 19 kilometres away, making the work or play commute easy by vehicle or bus. When the locals aren’t working in the city, they are spending time with their families in one of the lush parks or playgrounds. Local retirees love this pristine little paradise where they can relax, enjoy retirement, play golf, and watch the local children play and grow up. It’s not unusual to see the residents of Belrose at one of the two shopping centres or at…

from the playground structures where the children are playing. There is currently a group of two boys and three girls playing together. They are all ranging from age 6 to 10 years old. More children have walked up and join the playground as some of the surrounding soccer games are ending. There are about 20 children playing at the playground. In the group of children playing there is now 10 of the 20 kids playing with them. The rest of the children are dispersed onto the rest of playground.…

teacher, Ms. Amber would have all our drinks and snacks prepared and set up in the café area. Most of the kids just wanted to go straight to the playroom and the playground, which was off-limits until everyone completed their homework assignments. Once we finished our homework, my friends and I would go outside the playground. The playground equipment was mostly made of wood so we tried to avoid that at all cost. I received plenty of splinters and blisters from the monkey bars, therefore, I knew…

relatively even amount of information regarding the four developmental domains: physical, cognitive, social, and emotional. The first instance of physical development was in observation two when children were playing outside. Children were climbing the playground and running around in the play area. Children should be encouraged to run around while outside, if they aren’t then children are antsy in times when they need to be quiet and still. The second instance of physical development was…

sixty square feet for each child. This guideline is not active at the campus school. The playground is too small for all of the classes to play at once, in which they do. Also, the guidelines says the environment should be enclosed by a fence in which the campus schools play ground is. You cannot enter the playground unless you enter through the building first. Also, there are fences throughout the playground where teachers can barricade students from entering. The fifth guideline insists…

The following is a case study of a Caucasian preschool student that is considered to be a typically performing child. The student is identified as a typical developing child since she is not receiving any special education services. Throughout this essay, the student will be referred to as “H.”. H. was chosen for this Case Study since she is in attendance regularly. This child was also picked because she initially gave me the impression that she was a student who was excelling intellectually.…

Through our lessons, we have been reading about how play needs to be an intrical part of all of our lives, regardless of age. Play can and does take on many different forms throughout our lives. Play can be a means of learning a new skill, growing in an area of weakness or processing information or an event you have witnesses just to name a few. Through the next few minutes we will talk about several different avenues play can take. When we look at the way play can be independent (unobserved)…

In this weeks chapter we learn about cognitive development and the importance of play. Address the following questions fully, each question is worth a possible 5 points. See grading rubric in syllabus for more details. How does play promote brain development and how is play important to developing friendships? The amount of skills you pick up from all the interacting and bonding with your child(ren) during infancy and their preschool years is the mapping of development. A huge reason playing…