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Intellectual Development

L.O.

To discover the different ways in which children learn through play

Intellectual Development:
this is about the way children think, learn and remember things.

What do children need to learn?

The types of play


Play hangman to find the types of play below: Physical Creative Imaginative Construction Discovery Music and dance Story and rhyme

Physical Play
Recap the physical development keywords

Physical Play
Helps build childrens m_________s, St_______a and Co_____________n Helps develop a sense of S______e Develops their G_____s and F____e motor skills

Where will physical play occur


Garden Park Nursery or EYS Leisure centre / soft play area

Worksheet
Using the coloured chartscomplete the worksheet UNIT 6 Worksheet 5

What is Creative play?


Use materials rather than words to C____________e Allows children to use their i____________n Opportunity to develop (what physical development?)

Where does creative play take place?


Home Nursery / School
Playgroups Parks / beach

What are creative activities???


Arts and crafts Singing Sand and water Making up stories Cooking Dancing Musical instruments 5 activities for toddlers

Unit 6 Worksheet 6

Get creative..

What did you learn???

Imaginative play
What pictures would you expect to see????

Imaginative play
Children pretend !!! Helps children separate reality from f______y Gives them a chance to P_______e skills that they will need when they are o______r Allows them to `act out` any fears or w______s

Where will pretend play take place?


Home Garden Park Nursery or EYS

Lets pretend!!!!

What did you learn?

Construction play
Could also be called Manipulative play Encourages children to b______d or f__t equipment together Develops their Fine m______r skills as well as gross.

Where does Construction play occur


Home Nursery / EYS Soft play area

Equipment for Construction play


Re arrange these anagrams IGJASWS APSHE ORTESRS OODENW BSKOCL GOEL/PLUDO AITRN TES RGEAL MAOF BSKOCL

Discovery play
Helps children explore e__________t and T__________S and how to P____y with them. It is also complimentary to all the other types of play

Teaches children science

Equipment used for Discovery


Re- arrange these anagrams DUM RDY SATAP YDR RECI TUONSTB T O N S S E RO

BLPEBES

Equipment used for Discovery play


Treasure basket play for babies who can sit but are not yet mobile Only natural items of different shapes and sizes should be used

Intellectual Development
L.O. To recognise the different ways in which children learn and relate these to certain theories. Starter:
How many fs in the following paragraph.. Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

What letter is next in this sequence? J, F, M, A, M, J, __

Folder admin..
And evaluation tree.

How do children learn?


Lets find out. Watch the following clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5wsbhRM Goo

What did the video clip infer to you?

Children learn by COPYING


Albert Bandura (repeat 3 times) (1925) has a theory..

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY Children learn by copying (behaviours)

Copy this..

Bandura
Check your partners work www / ebi

Activity
Simon says?

Brainstorm
How do children learn by copying? Think about songs, games or activities

Children learn by REPETITION


Burrhus Skinner (1904-1994) has a theory. He believes we repeat experiences that are pleasurable and avoid experiences that we have not enjoyed

He believes in Trial and Errorif it works we do it again.

L1) What can you see?


L2) What might happen next? L3) Explain what the children are learning L4) Are the children actively involved? Can you justify your answer?

L5) Propose how this play might help an area of their development
L6) What could you do to maximize their learning?

Mini Plenary..true or false


Children learn by copying? Arthur Bandura was born in 1925? His theory was the `Social Learning Theory`? Skinner`s theory is children learn by doing things once? Intellectual development focuses on fine motor skills? Children copy you so you have to be a good role model?

Intellectual Development
L.O. To experience how children learn through their senses.

Sensory development
Give an example of how you have used your senses so far to day.. Vision Hearing Touch Taste Smell

Activity
Match the play to the place it might occur..
Group 1 Rebecca P, Pearl, Megan Group 2 Lilly, Jewela, Chloe Group 3 Ekroop, Sumeeka, Rebecca E, Molly

Group 1: Which pictures show the children using their senses? Group 2: Can you match some of the pictures to a type of play? Group 3 : Which pictures can be related to a theorist?

Fruit activity
Orange apple and kiwi Touch, smell, listen, look Get into the same groups Cut in half, in quarters taste

Wipe hands..

Fill in your sheets

Summarise How, where, when, why, what

do children learn????

VAK PLENARY
Visual, auditory, kinesthetic.
What have you learnt with your eyes this lesson?

What have you learnt with your ears?

What have you learnt with your body?

Cross the Curriculum plenary


How does todays learning link to three other subjects?
How can you use what you have learnt today in other subjects? What skills can you take from today and use in placement?

Intellectual Development
L.O.

To design your own `intellectual` game for a child aged 2-4 years old

Activity Time!
Spend 10 minutes either individually, in pairs or in small groups to enjoy some of the activities I have set out.

Place the toys in order of age range Which toys teach us what?

Recap..How do children learn


Copying Repetition Doing Exploring Trial and error Playing!!!!!!!!!!

Activity
In pairs.. your challenge is to design a game using either the computer, the creative resources, books or just your imagination The game has to teach children about one of the following: Shapes, Numbers or Colours

Peer assess
Play with someone your peers game.. WWW EBI

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