Support Play and Learning for Children

Running Head: EDUCATION AND CARE 0
Support Play
and Learning
for Children

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Introduction
Play is an important activity for the development of the children because it contributes
to the physical, emotional, social and intellectual healthcare of children. Play gives an ideal
opportunity for the parents to get fully engaged with their children. Even with these benefits
of play for both the parents and children, free time play has been reduced for some children
(Cleland, Byrne, & Vidgen, 2018). This document is highlighting the important factors
for the development of children, and the impact of care services and education on the
environment or the facility program. It includes the changes which a family should structure
and increasing enrichment activities with attention towards academic.
Roll of Play in the Development of Children
Play is essential for the children because it allows them to use the creativity of their
own with the development of imagination, and in increasing the physical, emotional and
cognitive strength. Play helps in the development of a healthy brain (Pyle & Alaca, 2018).
Every child at an early age started interacting and engaging in the environment around them
by creating a world of their own. It helps in enhancing the confidence in the children to face
the future challenges. Undirected play provides the learning of group work, negotiation,
sharing and conflict resolution to the children. It helps in growing the decision-making skills,
engagement in the passions and discovering their interest. Unstructured play increases the
physical activities in children, which is very important for the obesity epidemic perseverance.
Roll of Education and Care Services in Designing the Facility
Programs and the Environment for the Development of Children
There are some obstacles in integrating the play into the education system or pre-
primary schools. There is a lack of understanding of the importance of play in academics as a
foundation. Misconceptions in the caregivers or parents about the play. A type of curriculum
and the standards of early learning without the involvement of play. Lack of development of

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the learning through play, in the professionalism of a teacher; The large size of classes which
limits the freedom of the children to play (Jay & Knaus, 2018).
It is very important to improve the standards of the play for the children, to remove
the obstacles to fulfil the needs of individual children because the pre-primary sector is very
complex. The approach of the coordinated systems can integrate the play constantly into the
programmes and removing the obstacles. UNICEF has developed a framework to systematize
efforts and strengthen the area of the education system, which emphasizes the multifaceted
nature of the pre-primary system (Feldman, 2019). It also outlines the main factors in the
environment of policy and five areas that promote or contribute to the effective education
system.
Enabling environment denotes a wide set of interconnected national political,
financial and social conditions, which can either hinder or promote the success of the
functions of the education system. An enabling environment is beneficial for identifying
learning value by play. Enabling environment has four elements they are a substitute for play-
based learning. These elements are:
Policies and Legislation
Policies of the pre-primary education system are very valuable as they indicate the
right to play of children. Also, they have a major role in enabling the play-based learning
which is essential for early learning of children. Such policies ensure the child-centred
educational approach for the environment of learning and teaching when implemented
correctly across various levels of sub-sector (Slater, 2018).
Public demand
Support of caregivers and Parents is very crucial for pre-primary services and it must
be informed about the quality type in the pre-primary education system with strong
awareness. The awareness raised by the caregivers or parents must be focused on the unique