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Essential Question How does “Play” help children learn self-regulation Evin Fox BSWP 2010
Evin Fox BSWP 2010
Essential Question
How does “Play” help children learn self-regulation
Evin Fox BSWP 2010
Play dough & Marshmallow
Play with your play dough during this lesson
You may eat your marshmallow now or get another one after the video and eat both of them then.
Evin Fox BSWP 2010
Frontloading
Write down your earliest memory of playing
Write down your favorite memory of playing
Share with two other people
Reflect: What was the environment (toys, people…)
How is play different today?
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Importance of Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIayLh2P5C0&NR=1
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Playdough Power
Social, Creative, Physical
Language, Literacy, Science & Math
Compare & Contrast,
Use initiative, show curiosity, analyze, solve problems
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Social & Emotional Development
Competence
Accomplishments
Social Time, make comments, “You cut it again.”
Encourage
Real World
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Creativity & Imagination
Art and make-believe play
Symbolic Thinking
Simple pretend play or Complex play themes
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Language & Literacy
Listening/talking with friends
Language to invent stories
Everyday lives
Action words
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Science
Hands-on materials
Change
Think like scientists
Descriptive words: grainy, texture, flat, soft
“What do you think will happen?”
Cause/Effect
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Math
Measure and Count
Compare and Contrast
Practice counting, shapes, spatial sense
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Physical Development
Small muscles
Eye-Hand Coordination
Dexterity: writing, drawing, etc.
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How Children Develop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SpC0INWo3o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6wpwZzpzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivl7x_8XX0w
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What is Self-Regulation?
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Self-regulation and Brain Development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9LHvJwj-PQ&feature=related
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Discuss
What was something you knew already?
What was important or new to you?
What do you want to know more about?
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Marshmallow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amsqeYOk--w&feature=related
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Marshmallow
Was it hard for you to wait?
What are the implications of this study?
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Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?
Make four groups with seven people in the groups.
Each person reads one page and then “teaches” that page to the rest of the group. (If you finish reading early, go back over the page and highlight some points)
Teach your page to the group and discuss the role of play in teaching “self-control.”
Highlight three or four points and then share one point with the class.
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Culminating Project
Plan an open-ended play activity with a child.
Share it with the class “next week.” (Show a video or a picture of your activity)
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Feedback for my lesson
What big issues did my workshop open?
How was this original?
How could I revise this lesson?
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Bibliography of Further Resources
Great website full of information: http://www.attachmentparenting.org/
This series explains the ages and stages of young children. http://www.amazon.com/Your-One-Year-Old-Fun-Loving-12-24-Month-Old/dp/0440506727/ref=pd_sim_b_5
Brazelton's books are on my shelves too: http://www.amazon.com/Toddlers-Parents-Independence-Berry-Brazelton/dp/0440506433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246298122&sr=1-1
I trained with Jane Nelson and Stephen Glenn: http://www.amazon.com/Positive-Discipline-Jane-Nelsen-Ed-D/dp/0345487672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246298149&sr=1-1
and her website is incredible too: http://www.positivediscipline.com/parents/index.html
Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman www.nurtureshock.com
