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    This document argues that play has a fundamental role in children's development in early childhood education. Through play, children learn in a fun and stress-free way, and it also allows them to develop social, physical, emotional and intellectual skills. Play should be an important part of the methodology in early childhood education, instead of seeing it only as a distraction.

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    ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

    Tutor teacher: ALBA INES RIVERA

    Task 5. Deliver final version of the argumentative text that


    has been prepared during the course.

    Name: FLORALBA ACOSTA ORDOÑEZ


    Student code: 514519_74

    Mocoa/December/2019
    Argumentative text.

    The role of play in early childhood education:

    When we talk about play, it plays a fundamental role in the comprehensive


    development of children. Modern pedagogy uses it for educational purposes, since
    it is a motivational element that makes learning more enjoyable and easier. It is the
    principle of “teaching by delighting”, a maxim that was coined after discovering that
    children learn better and faster if they do it in a fun and stress-free way.

    But the game is not just a simple teaching resource, today it has become an
    educational objective in itself. The game does not necessarily have to be
    instrumentalized, it is enough for the child to play freely for him to learn. It is
    important to keep in mind that adults and children learn as a result of playing, we
    do not play to learn.
    Play is an attitude that characterizes almost any childhood activity, directly related
    to the growth and maturation of the child for the following reasons:

     He feels good and expresses himself freely.


     interacts socially with others and in groups.
     acquires responsibilities and judgment capacity.
     integrates into the adult world.
     knows characteristics of his own culture.
     Transform reality and explore the world around you.
     Develop imagination and creativity.
    According to Josué Llull, professor at the University of Alcalá and author of
    “Children's play and its methodology”, playful activity contributes to the
    development of 6 fundamental aspects of the child's personality:
    Physical-motor: increases strength and muscle development, in addition to
    helping the synchronization of movements, improving gestural precision and
    language.
    Intellectual: facilitates the understanding of situations, the anticipation of events,
    the resolution of problems and the development of strategies.
    Creative: stimulating the imagination, symbolic thinking, and developing manual
    skills.
    Emotional: enhancing the assimilation and maturation of the situations
    experienced, helping to overcome those of a traumatic nature.
    Social: learning the rules of coexistence and participating in imaginary situations
    created and maintained collectively.
    Cultural: imitating reference models of the social context in which daily life takes
    place, which will depend on factors such as the geographical area, climatic
    conditions or the historical era.
    The methodology of most of today's nursery schools leans towards a freer
    pedagogy, which does not force children in their development, but rather uses play
    and recreational activities as the main tool for the development of their intelligence.
    .

    When you have children in school, the teacher must give priority to play because,
    by including play in classroom activities, they are taught that learning is easy and
    fun and that qualities such as creativity, desire and desire can be generated.
    interest in participating, respect for others, following and complying with rules,
    being valued by the group, acting more confidently and communicating better, that
    is, expressing one's thoughts without obstacles (Espinel,2017).

    Many parents consider it a waste of time that a large part of the day is dedicated to
    playing in schools. They wonder when their children learn if they spend the day
    playing. They do not know that precisely the game is the most powerful
    pedagogical tool in their children's learning and that through it they get to know
    much more than it seems.

    Without a doubt, the social structure has changed a lot in recent decades and with
    it, childhood. This has led us to understand children as small adults. For older
    people, play is a leisure and free time activity while work is a mandatory and
    necessary activity. We think that our children should learn the same way.

    We consider that school hours are for working as we understand work. And, on the
    contrary, play is an activity exclusively reserved for playground time so that
    children can relax and be distracted.

    However, it is impossible to conceive of the child in Early Childhood Education


    enduring a full day sitting in his chair, listening to the teacher's explanations and
    also doing all the exercises that are proposed to him. To reach that point there
    must be a prior development that includes knowing the world around you, learning
    to interpret it, relating to it and acquiring a series of skills and abilities. All of this,
    together, is the development of the child's intelligence.

    First we have to know that the way in which children understand and profess reality
    is different from that of adults. Years ago we stopped thinking of the child as a
    single recipient of knowledge. He has his own role in this process, he is the
    protagonist, because he is the one who really establishes his own learning through
    play. And that game evolves depending on its maturational development. At the
    beginning, in the first years, it focuses more on the motor plane, it is based on
    movement. Little by little it acquires a more symbolic and social character until it
    reaches regulated games.

    The child only learns what captures his attention and awakens interest in him. In
    addition, you have the need to develop in different areas, both intellectually,
    socially, physically, emotionally, etc. He achieves this through play, which becomes
    his main activity in childhood. That is why teachers use it in a planned, structured
    and intentional way as a teaching and learning method.

    In addition to ensuring that the child learns the different established contents, it
    contributes to the development of skills and abilities necessary for future learning,
    the development of strategies and the formation of attitudes and values.
    References

     Innovation in vocational training. (2019). The importance of play in early


    childhood education. Recovered from https://www.ifp.es/blog/la-importancia-
    del-juego-en-la-educacion-infantil

     MORILLO, T. (2015). FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES, DEGREE


    IN CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TEACHING. The game in Early Childhood
    Education. Retrieved from
    https://digibug.ugr.es/bitstream/handle/10481/41473/Zapata_Morillo_Teresa
    .pdf;jsessionid=6451BDA342B7F9959DA9A9243CA20B9C?sequence=1

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