You are required to write a report (2000 words) on planning for children’s play as demonstrated within your setting (Nursery daycare).
Your report must cover all the learning outcomes with a focus on Emotional Development (LO 1, 2, 3, and 5)
You are required to write a report on the way in which your setting plans for children’s play taking into account the historical, social
and cultural aspects of its development.
This report will demonstrate your understanding of the value of play through the links you make to the different areas within the setting.
You need to assess the ways in which the way play supports the child’s holistic development and learning (LO2). You need to examine the
different types of play you see planned for (LO3). You must link what you observe to theories of play and evaluate accordingly (LO5).
Module Learning Outcomes
1. Critically analyse the concept of play and explain historical, social and cultural aspects in its development
2. Assess the value of play in supporting children’s holistic development and learning
3. Examine different types of developmentally appropriate play
5. Identify and evaluate theories of play
7. Demonstrate a successful outcome related to placement within an early years setting in relation to development through play.
Assignment Brief
Background
Through play, children learn many skills, such as how to interact with other people, and different ways of thinking, long before they
start school or nursery. Children learn in a wide variety of complex ways, by observation and imitation, by rote, through reinforcement
and by exploration, trial and error, all of which may or may not involve play. Children learn by playing in places where they feel safe,
respected and loved. Children’s play is their work (Moyles, 2003).
Self-regulation is a skill that we learn throughout life. The foundations are set in the early years. Self-regulation develops when caring
adults respond sensitively to a child. A secure attachment promotes good self-regulation. This assignment will give you an opportunity to
develop your understanding of the value of play and the links between play and learning – also if play can provide any kind of excellence
in learning.
Requirement
You are required to write a report on the way in which your setting plans for children’s play taking into account the historical, social
and cultural aspects of its development.
This report will demonstrate your understanding of the value of play through the links you make to the different areas within the setting.
You need to assess the ways in which the way play supports the child’s holistic development and learning (LO2). You need to examine the
different types of play you see planned for (LO3). You must link what you observe to theories of play and evaluate accordingly (LO5).
The work must be laid out in an appropriate format, following report writing conventions. It is suggested you use the following as a
framework:
Title page
This should normally include the title, and your student number – do NOT use your name
Contents page
A clear list of all the sections and sub-sections of the report with page numbers (it is best to do this last)
Introduction
This is your chance to demonstrate you understand what you are writing about. You should include some background to the idea of play (LO1)
Your introduction will often give an indication of the conclusion to the report.
Main body/findings
This is the main part of your report, you need to use logical sections with clear headings. You should include images and examples from
your setting to support your ideas. You must ensure that you link the concepts to theory, and do not just create a photo album of the
setting.
Conclusion
Your conclusion should bring together your findings with deductions based on the facts described in your main body. Do not include any new
material here.
Recommendations
You may want to include recommendations based upon your findings. These should follow on logically from your conclusion and be based on
theoretical concepts. Any recommendations should demonstrate how the setting’s play provision could be improved by your recommendations. A
recognition of limitations needs to be made. Recommendations may be written as bullet points with a short paragraph of justification.
References
This is a list giving the full details of all the sources to which you have made reference within your text.
Appendices
You may choose to include photos / charts / tables within your work. Some of these may be included within the main body of the text, or
you may choose to place them in the appendix. Each appendix should be referred to in your text, you cannot include something as an
appendix if it is not discussed in the main body.