Kindergarten Play Analysis: Early Childhood Education Course Project

This assignment analyzes the impact of reduced playtime on kindergarteners, drawing upon the article "Kindergartners Get Little Time to Play, Why Does It Matter?" by Brown (2016). The assignment requires a summary of the article's main idea, which is that children are spending less time in play and more time on academic activities. The assignment identifies three key supporting facts: reduced recess time, the transformation of play areas into instructional spaces, and the resulting inability of children to concentrate. The assignment also discusses the relevance of the article's ideas to other readings, identifies biases, and defines the concept of a sensory table. The assignment uses a "Test Your Knowledge" format to explore these concepts, referencing the work of Parke et al. (2016) to highlight the importance of play in child development, both academically and socially.

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Contemporary Learning Series
Test Your Knowledge Form
Your name:
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Your Text Title
Title and number of article/issue Kindergartners get little time to play. Why
does it matter?
Briefly state the main idea of this
article/issue
The main idea of the article is that
nowadays children are spending less time in
playing activities and are more involved in
different academic activities based on
learning (Brown, 2016).
List three important facts the author uses to
support the main idea
Three factors that has been used by the
author to support his main idea are as
follows:
Firstly children are burdened with so many
academic activities that they get very little
time for recess (Brown, 2016).
Secondly, the dramatic play areas that helps

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in developing mental and motor skills of
children has now been transformed into
instructional area by the teachers where
there are lists of sight words that are
required by the children to memorise
(Brown, 2016).
Thirdly, due to less play children are unable
to concentrate on their studies as they are
only learning to follow rules (Brown, 2016).
List information or idea discussed in this
article/issue are also discussed in your
textbook or other readings that you have
done? List the textbook, chapters and page
numbers
Some of the main ideas are to make the
parents realise that they should be active
while interacting with their children.
Playing will help the children grow both
academically as well as socially. They will
also be able to acquire new ideas by playing
and allows them to interact with others
(Park et al., 2016 Family-peer relationships
pp 130). .
List any examples of bias or faulty
reasoning that you found in the article/issue
One of the faults in the article is that
children at a young age will not be taught
about getting a job after schooling (Brown,
2016).
List any new terms/concepts that were
discussed in the article/issue, and write a
short definition.
Sensory table is a new concept that was
found in the article (Brown, 2016). It is a
table that allows children to make use of all

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their five senses during activities through
materials that are presented to them.

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References
Brown, C.P, (2016, April 27). Kindergartners get little time to play. Why does it matter?
The Conversation.
Parke, R. D., Cassidy, J., Burks, V. M., Carson, J. L., & Boyum, L. (2016). Familial
contribution to peer competence among young children: The role of interactive and
affective processes. In Family-peer relationships (pp. 121-148). Routledge.