Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 3.1: Understand the value of play in Early Years
Learning outcome: 3 Understand play at different stages of children’s development
Assessment criteria: 3.1 Explain the characteristics of: child-initiated play, adult-led play
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- Child-initiated play – play activities controlled by the child (e.g. what they play with, who they play with, the ‘rules’ of the activity
- Promotes the child’s right to choose their activities
- Promotes creativity
- Heightened concentration and motivation
- Increases confidence and self-esteem
- Adult-led play – play activities initiated by an adult to aid the child’s development
- Opportunities for children to learn new skills and concepts that they can incorporate into their own play
- Opportunities for children to explore new areas or objects that they can incorporate into their own play
- Promotes language skills as children follow instructions from the adult or from discussion between children and adults or children and their peers
- Adults will observe children playing and identify areas for development that will be incorporated into adult-led play
- The child’s interests should also be considered as this will aid motivation and make the activity more pleasurable for them
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