Play & Readiness Skills
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- What is play for a child
- their occupation
- What can a child gain from play?
- s/he can learn cognitive, social-emotional, motor and language skills
- Define play:
- a spontaneous or organized activity that provides enjoyment, entertainment, amusement, or diversion
- What do infants enjoy in play?
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*exploring environment
*learning through their senses: visual, tactile, auditory and mvmnt - What does play encourage for infants?
- -body awareness
- What do toys encourage for infants?
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mobility
elicit actions
increase motor skills
facilitate creativity - What is play for early childhood?
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-continued exploration
-development of friendships
-learn negotiation
-problem solving
-communication skills - What does play encourage for early childhood?
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manipulative play
imitation,
games
social play with children - What is play for middle childhood?
- Refinement of skills
- What does play encourage for middle childhood?
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speed
dexterity
strength
endurance - What do middle childhood kids enjoy in play activities?
- rules and competition
- What is play for adolescents?
- establishment of independence
- What are READINESS skills in areas of occupation?
- necessary skills to successfully participate in home mgmnt, comm mobility and care of others
- What performance contexts dictates children participation in home mgmt activites?
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personal
social
cultural
temporal - What performance contexts dictates children participation in Comm Mobility activites?
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physical (crowds, street crossing, public trans)
personal
cultural(age may determine independence in this skill) - What performance contexts dictates children participation in Care of others activites?
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cultural
personal
physical (where person lives) - What are readiness skills in Education?
- necessary skills to successfully participate in educational and vocational activities
- What readiness skills are needed for a preschooler?
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I in toileting with min assist with fasteners,
I in self feeding
Cooperative play behavior
Understand rules and schedules
behavioral/emotional maturity (controlling temper and mood swings) - What readiness skills are needed for a kindergartener?
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preschooler prerequisites AND
sit while listening to story
adequate fine motor skills (to color and manipulate small objects)
adequate gross motor skills (to run, hop & jump)
recognize letters and numbers - What readiness skills are needed for a elementary student?
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greater I in BADLs
Sit for extended time
carry lunch tray
clean up
remain on task and attend to work (termed in-seat behavior)
adequate perceptual and motor skills (for games and organized sports) - What readiness skills are needed for a middle childhood and adolscents?
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appropriate social skills
manners
increased creative thinking
problem solving
development of ideas - What is vocational activities for adolscents?
- Child can receive monetary compensation for work
- Adolescents and vocational activities: what are formal vocational activities vs. informal vocational activities
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Formal: having a job (laws mandate legal working age)
Informal: having a lemonade stand, mowing neighbors yard, house chores for a fee - What are Readiness skills for vocational activites?
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promptness
appropriate dress
effective communication skills w/peers and supervisors - How is play categorized?
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-functional (sensorimotor)
-constructive (manipulitive)
-dramatic (pretend)
-formal (rule governed) - What is the play progression?
- from solitary to parallel to group play