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THE PLAY PROCESS IS DRIVE BY THE CHILD’S NEED TO KNOW, ATTRACTION TO THE NOVEL, A JOURNEY THROUGHA SCRIPT.

PLAY IS BEING A HUNTER, SLOW AND ATTENTIVE, AND THE NOVEL CAN BE ANYTHING OF INTEREST.
IN SIMON’S NICHOLSON BOOK; ‘THE THEORY OF OF LOOSE PARTS’ SUGGESTS THAT ALL CHILDREN LOVE TO INTERACT WITH ALL KINDS OF
MATERIALS SHAPES, SOUNDS,CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS PEOPLE PLANTS AND IDEAS
(HUGES.B (1994) ‘LOST CHILDHOODS: THE CASE OF CHILDHOOD PLAY’ WORKING PAPER No. 3, PP1-5)

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 FIXED PLAY

FIXED PLAY EQUIPEMNRT SUCH AS THE SWING AND SLIDES HAVE DOMINATED MOST IF NOT
ALL PLAY GROUND IN AN AROUND THE UK.
DATING BACK TO THE VICTORIAN TIMES THESE EQUIPMENT HAVE OUTDATED THEIR EXISTENCE.
BUT WHY HAVE THEY LASTED IS LONG?

FOR ONE THEY ARE IS A MULTI MILLION POUND INDUSTRY WORLD WIDE DUE TO THE CHEAP
TEMPLATE DESIGN AND AVAILABILITY
OF THE MATERIALS TO MAKE THE EQUIPMENT.

THIS HAS IT’S BENEFITS , BECUASE THIS GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITIES OPPORTUNITY OF SPENDING
THE MONEY ON OTHER ISSUES
SURROUNDING PLAY GROUNDS SUCH AS ANTI VANDLISM AND MAINTENCE COST S.

HOWEVER, THIS ALSO HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT BY REDUCING THE QUALITY OF PLAY TO A MINI-
MUM. THIS ALSO EFFECTS THE CHILD’S
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

WHAT A CHILD NEEDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE

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89 DYNAMIC PLAY

HUMANS ARE IMITATORS, BY NATURE AND A CHILD IS AT LARGE MOST EFFECTED. IF A SOICETY IS CORPUT
IN THAT IT LACKS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR SURROUDING THE CHILD IS IN TURN AFFECTED FOR
EXAMPLE, THE CHILD WILL BE UNABLE TO GRASP IDENTITY AND SELF EXPRESSION AS WELL AS TOLER-
ANTS TO OTHERS IN THE SOCIETY.
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IN PLAY THIS SCOPE OF UNDERSTANDING IS GENERATED AND THE QUALITY CAN BE VARIED

TO ENSURE A CHILDREN HAS A FLEXABLE AND CURRENT QUALITY OF PLAY WHICH MATCHES ISSUES IN
SOCIETYTHAT A CHILD IS SUBJECTED TO, TO FORM AN UNDERSTANDING OF HE/SHE SURROUNDINGS.
KEY AREAS TO THE CHILD’S DEVELPMENT IS SENSE , IDENTITY, CONCEPT AND ELEMENTS ACTING AS PLAT-
FORMS FOR THE CHIL’S LEARING.

SENSE : THIS IS A CRICAL COMPONENT AS IT FORMS THE BASIS OF EARLY STAGE DEVELOPMENT,. ‘THE
PROCESS OF DOING TIS IS PLAYFULWITH NO PRECONCIEVED GOALS OF CONDITIONS’....... AND IF THE QUALITY
THIS PROCESS IS EFFECTED THE CHILD’S PRECEPTION OF THE WORLD WOULD BE LIMITED.

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DYNAMIC PLAY

IDENTITY: DISCOVERYING WHO WE ARE. ‘HAVING A PRECEPTION OF BEAUTY ANF FORM: COMMUNICATIONG TROUGH VERBAL,
BODY AND META-LANGUAGE.’
A GOOD PLAY ENVIRONEMENT ENCOURAGES THE EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY THROUGH:

ARTS AND CRAFTS CONSTRUCTION DISSCUSSION PHOTOGRAPHY MATSTERY

DRAMA GAMES MASKS MUSIC RISK

CONCEPT: SUCH AS JUSTICE FREEDOM TOLERENCE AND RESPECT GOVERN OUR BELIVE SYSTEM . THE ABSTRCTION OF
THESE IDEALS CAN SOMETIMES BE OVER POWER IN THAT, A PLAY AREA MAYBE TRYING TO INCOROPRATE TOO MANY OF
THESE CONCEPTS AND THUS MISSING THE OVERALL NOTION .

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ELEMENT: THIS LLOKS AT THE BUILDING OF THE CHILD GENERAL KNOWELEDGE OF THE ELEMNTS THAT MAKE UP CHILD’S

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SURROUNDING AND IT IS AGAIN THE PLAY AREA WHERE THESE EXPLORATION CAN TAKE PLACE. A GOOD PLAY AREA WILL
CONTAING THE PHYSCIAL AND MATERIALS FOR THIS EXPLOARTION TO BE UNDER TAKEN.

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