Perspectives of Early Years Curriculum Assignment 2022

ASSIGNMENT-1
EDE3103 Perspectives of Early
Years Curriculum, Play and
Pedagogy
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Dear parents, Good evening. We have gathered this evening to address your rising
concern for “preparation for school” for your children. We understand your growing concern
for wanting your child to be one-step ahead in this growing competitive world, preparation is
the key. I, as a Kindergarten area manager and an educator wanted to bring to your attention
and talk about how important playing is for your child’s overall development. According to
United Nation High Commission for Human Rights it states that play is basic human right for
a child (Unicef.org, 2019). There are many adverse world issues such as poverty, war, crime
these can affect the child’s growth and development. We are fortunate to have a good and
safe environment conducive to raise our children in, having said that, it is our duty to give
them the benefit and care so that they can grow into well-adjusted persons of tomorrow.
There are several attributes, which contribute to a well-adjusted person. Empathy,
social skills, cognitive learning, critical thinking skills, emotional adjustment, and others
(Knell, 2016). These aspects cannot be taught in a classroom environment, these are
interactive lessons that do not come through books and grades. Children learn greatly from
the environment they are in, children learn from each other and the world around them.
However, children can learn these interpersonal skills through playing. Studies show that
playing can help in developing cognitive learning skills through social interaction (Daniels,
2016). With children facing an increased pressure to perform better academically, the
monotony of syllabus is not preparing the child to achieve important life lessons, which are
governing factor for growth and development.
Play is not a waste of time as many would argue but a systematic, strategic and
elaborate methodology aimed at delivering best results in overall child’s progress (Pyle,
DeLuca, & Danniels, 2017). The early ages in a child’s life is crucial; the experiences gathered
in these times have a lifelong impact on the child’s behavioural, temperamental,
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psychological aspect. Classrooms today devise highly structured system of academics that is
imposed on kindergarten children reducing their long-term learning capabilities. These
standard curriculum tests the children in a generalised manner and each child is unique, their
problems, their capacity is all unique just to them. According to studies, a change in learning
routine and increased physical activity improves brain capacity to retain information.
Children view the world around them very differently than us adults. This can affect their
learning mechanism greatly (Childhood, 2019).
Children view the world differently, and their perspective unique to their own. They
analyse and perceive things in a way adults never can. Children use their creative and
active imagination, to effectively address and enact various situation often imitating
their adults. Through unstructured play, activity children are able to effectively
address their problems, initiate social interaction, and learn new skill, improve
dexterity and motor skills and can function in much better manner (Stern, 2017). These
playgrounds experiences maybe frivolous for us adults and may even serve as funny
anecdotes, but for the children it is their life. Like every normal social interaction,
children have their conflicts and playground politics, which enables them to face
rejection, victory and other social aspects that caters to the psychological and logical
thinking aspect greatly. For instance, a girl is refused a toy, she faces rejection
something she is generally not used to, her reaction, that is crying or walking way, or
snatching the toy creates plethora of choices thataffects her future behaviour (Stern,
2017). In recent time, playing time or recess has been reduced with focus on more
subject orientation and mental activity. This has led to rise in lifestyle diseases among
the children. Children are facing increased risk to obesity, heart diseases, anxiety,
stress and other disorders. Needless to say, that playing can resolve these issues most
effectively. Playing can improve mental growth, physical growth, motor skills, reflex
and immune system, and very effective in overall health of the child (Stern, 2017).
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