Importance of Play in Child Development

This presentation explores the importance of play in child development and the benefits of balancing child-initiated and adult-led play activities. It discusses the impact of play on children's development and the need for an inclusive approach when planning play activities. The presentation also covers the rights of children and their innate drive to play. Additionally, it highlights the significance of home-based child care in providing care for children while parents are working.

Preparing to as a Home
Work Based Child carer
TASK 8

Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Rights of children
 Innate drive for children to play
 Play is necessary for development of children
 Benefits of balancing child-initiated and adult-led play activities
 Impact on children play need on stage of development
 Need for an inclusive approach when planning play activities
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 Home based child care refers to provide care of children especially by creche,
nursery or childminder while parents are working.
 It includes an action or skill of looking after children by a day- care centre,
nannies, babysitter, teachers and other care providers.
 The present report will focus on legislation for childcare and importance to
consider balanced risk management approach.

Rights of children
 The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child can be described as human rights
treaty which includes civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights
of children.
 These are beneficial for children to gain their rights in order to spend a
comfortable life.
 Moreover, set of children’s rights are helpful to them in terms of remaining
secure from any kind of harm and abuse.

Innate drive for children to play
 The innate can be explained as an impulse of children to play which is an
important need of a child and young people.
 It is can be considered as biological, psychological and social necessity of kids.
However, it is helpful for healthy development and well-being of children as it
facilitates to enhance their growth.
 Moreover, play is a procedure which freely chosen, personally directed and
intrinsically motivated.

Play is necessary for development of
children
 The play is very important for development if children because it allows them to
utilise their creativity at the time of developing their imagination, dexterity and
physical, cognitive & emotional strengths.
 It will provide support to gain healthy development of brain which required for
future growth in their lives.

Benefits of balancing child-initiated and
adult-led play activities
 The balanced child initiated and adult led play activities is important because
adult led activities are based on professional understanding about appropriate
teaching for children.
 However, child initiated activities are helpful to an adult as opportunities for
sustained shared thinking to take place.

Impact on children play need on stage of
development
 The children play is necessary for social, cognitive, mental and physical
development as facilitate to improve creativity of them.
 It is helpful to increase brain development and growth by establishing new
neural connections and enhance sense to make children more intelligent.
 Moreover, it will ensure healthy development of a child as play will reduce
anxiety, stress, fear etc.

Need for an inclusive approach when
planning play activities
 Inclusive education can be described as new approach for educating children
with disability and learning difficulties with that of normal ones within same
roof.
 It is helpful to bring all the kids together in community to play for maximising
their potential along with avoiding their individual strengths & weaknesses.

Conclusion
 The above report conclude that home based child care can be described as to
render care of kids by creche, nursery or childminder.
 It includes that play is important for their cognitive, social, emotional and
physical development which ensure their well-being as well.

References
Recchia, S. L., Lee, S. Y. and Shin, M., 2015. Preparing early childhood
professionals for relationship-based work with infants. Journal of Early Childhood
Teacher Education, 36(2), pp.100-123.
Boris, E. and Prugl, L., 2016. Homeworkers in global perspective: invisible no
more. Routledge.

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