Thursday, May 16, 2013
My Personal Research Journey
I chose to study Play in Early childhood! This subjects peaks my interest because people are trying to take away childhood! At the beginning of the year, we were told to only stay at recess for 10-15 minutes. Really? How can we do that? I'm going to say this is why there are more children with ADD/ADHD! They are forced to sit in chairs and do paperwork and not allowed to play, like children are supposed to do! Pre-K is now teaching what Kindergarten once taught. We are forcing these children to lose childhood earlier and earlier. I am a teacher who will stand up for the rights of my children. 4 year olds have an attention span of like 15-20 minutes at a time. They are unable to focus any longer than that, yet we are forced to keep them inside and busy. Just busy work. That term gets on my nerves. When I interned the teacher even called it "busy work". Why do we just want to keep children busy, instead of allowing them to play, or teach them something else? This just doesn't make sense to me. Children learn more by playing outside and socializing than doing busy work. They learn socialization skills, gross motor skills and many more skills. I want to research to find more out and let others know Why Play is Important in Early Childhood!
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I agree with everything you have stated! I, too, chose to research play in early child. I teach kindergarten and we are allotted 20 minutes of recess. But to be honest, our administrators don't crack down on the time limit b/c they understand kindergarteners need time to play. So we usually stay out between 30-40 minutes! I look forward to seeing how our research will compare with one another! Let me know if you find any good resources for the topic and I will do the same Shanda!!!!
ReplyDeleteJessica Gleadall
Hi Shanda, I support you in your choice of topic. As I often say, I do learn a variety of new things from my colleagues weekly. Everyone realizes that play is important for today's children, and we as educators have to find avenues to integrate play with the school's curriculum. Children will gain valuable experiences through play, by manipulating materials, and build foundation of understanding for competencies and skills to enhance learning.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Lynch