Solitary-functional Play and Solitary-pretend Play: Another Look at the Construct of Solitary-active Behavior Using Playground Observations

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 812-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry J. Nelson ◽  
Craig H. Hart ◽  
Cortney A. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Pretend Play ◽  
Active Behavior ◽  
Functional Play

Young Children’s Interactions With Sound-Producing Objects

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana R. Dansereau
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Pretend Play ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Group Interactions ◽  
Object Play ◽  
Functional Play ◽  
Musical Play ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Cognitive Play ◽  
Observed Behavior

The purpose of this study was to observe, analyze, and document the range of young children’s interactions with sound-producing objects in order to better understand the nature of such interactions. Of particular interest was whether theories of cognitive play, social play, object play, and existing research on musical play could guide concurrently the interpretation of children’s interactions with these objects and whether the interactions were consistent with these theories. Two groups of participants, nine 3-year-old children and seven 4-year-old children, played with sound-producing objects for approximately 15 min once a week for 12 weeks. Participants interacted with the objects in rich and varied ways, including explorations of the objects’ sound-producing capabilities and other physical attributes, nonmusical and musical functional and pretend play episodes, and construction behaviors. Movement and singing often were layered upon the children’s interactions with the objects. Musical functional play was the most frequently observed behavior across both ages of participants. The children were more likely to engage in solitary/parallel behaviors than group interactions, and group interactions were more common among the 4-year-old children than the 3-year-olds. All behaviors that were anticipated via the conceptual framework were observed, with the exception of group nonmusic exploration.

scholarly journals Eager To Engage: Young Nigerian Children’s Interactions With Novel Play Materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Suh
Keyword(s):  
Pretend Play ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Functional Play ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Developmental Progression ◽  
Cognitive Play ◽  
Play Materials ◽  
Constructive Play

The purpose of this study was to observe, analyze, and document young Nigerian children’s interactions with novel play materials at their crèche. To date, limited studies have examined Nigerian infants’ and toddlers’ independent engagement with novel play materials. The children’s exploratory and play behaviours—cognitive and social play—were observed. An a priori coding scheme was used to simultaneously analyze cognitive and social play behaviours in the children, eight participants between 7- and 24-months of age. Over the course of four weeks, children were introduced to 11 novel play materials. Observed cognitive play behaviours included functional play, pretend play and constructive play, while social play behaviours consisted of solitary, parallel and simple social play. Although the results showed developmental progression in exploration and play, the varying degree of novelty of the play materials may have influenced children’s exploration and play. Despite these findings, children exhibited various exploratory and play behaviours with the introduction of play materials in a setting in which there were none.

scholarly journals Eager To Engage: Young Nigerian Children’s Interactions With Novel Play Materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Suh
Keyword(s):  
Pretend Play ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Functional Play ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Developmental Progression ◽  
Cognitive Play ◽  
Play Materials ◽  
Constructive Play

The purpose of this study was to observe, analyze, and document young Nigerian children’s interactions with novel play materials at their crèche. To date, limited studies have examined Nigerian infants’ and toddlers’ independent engagement with novel play materials. The children’s exploratory and play behaviours—cognitive and social play—were observed. An a priori coding scheme was used to simultaneously analyze cognitive and social play behaviours in the children, eight participants between 7- and 24-months of age. Over the course of four weeks, children were introduced to 11 novel play materials. Observed cognitive play behaviours included functional play, pretend play and constructive play, while social play behaviours consisted of solitary, parallel and simple social play. Although the results showed developmental progression in exploration and play, the varying degree of novelty of the play materials may have influenced children’s exploration and play. Despite these findings, children exhibited various exploratory and play behaviours with the introduction of play materials in a setting in which there were none.

PENERAPAN TEKNIK IMAGINATIVE PRETEND PLAY TERHADAP PENANGANAN MASALAH PERILAKU AGRESIF ANAK KORBAN KEKERASAN SEKSUAL DI BANDUNG

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ika Putri Nawangsari
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Pretend Play ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Single Subject Design ◽  
Child Victim ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Data Collecting

Abstract This research aims to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of Play Therapy through Imaginative Pretend Play technique in Handling Cases Agresive Behavior Child Victim of Sexual Abuse. The Agressive behavior that are refered in this research are divided into two; Phyisic aggresive and verbal agressive. The methode in this reserach is Single Subject Design with A-B-A-B. Data collecting technique conducted by observation, unstructur interviews, documentary study and filling questionaire. All the measurment using this research are formed.  The result showed that the aplication of Imaginative Pretend Play technique in Handling Cases Agressive Behavior Child Victim of Sexual Abuse is effective to reduce the agressive behavior frequencty of child. The frequency of physical agressive that consist of  hitting, wresting, throwing, threat with showing and imitating sexual adult activity  decresed from 39 before intervention to 11 after intervention. The frequency of verbal  agressive that consist of  bellowing, mocking and speaking with dirty word decresed from 39 before intervention to 11 after intervention. The result of ECBS show intervention influence to cognition aspect significantly, intervention influence to social relation aspect significantly and intervention influence to self adjustment aspect significantly.Keywords: Child, Sexual Abuse, ECBS, Imaginative Pretend Play, Play Therapy Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas Play Therapy melalui teknik Imaginative Pretend Play dalam menangani masalah perilaku agresif anak korban kekerasan seksual. Adapun agresif yang dimaksud disini mencakup agresivitas fisik maupun agresivitas verbal. Metode Penelitian ini menggunakan Single Subject Design dengan pola A-B-A-B. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara observasi, wawancara tidak terstruktur, studi dokumentasi dan pengisian angket atau kuosioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa penerapan Teknik Imaginative Pretend Play dalam Penanganan Masalah Perilaku Agresif Anak Korban Kekerasan Seksual. Jumlah frekuensi agresivitas fisik anak yang terdiri dari memukul, merebut, melempar, mengacungkan kepalan tangan untuk mengancam dan menirukan aktivitas seksual orang dewasa berjumlah 39 turun menjadi 11 setelah intervensi. Jumlah frekuensi agresivitas verbal yang terdiri dari membentak, mengejek atau menghina dan mengeluarkan kata kotor berjumlah 32 turun menjadi 9 setelah intervensi. Hasil pengujian melalui instrumen ECBS menunjukan intervensi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap aspek kognisi namun tidak merubah kategori dalam level sedang, intervensi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap aspek relasi sosial dan terjadi peningkatan level aspek sosial dari sedang menjadi tinggi dan intervensi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap aspek penyesuaian diri anak dan terjadi peningkatan level aspek sosial dari sedang menjadi tinggi. Kata kunci: Anak, ECBS, Imaginative Pretend Play, Kekerasan Seksual, Play Therapy

scholarly journals Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3354
Author(s):  
Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter ◽  
Ole Johan Sando ◽  
Rasmus Kleppe
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Outdoor Play ◽  
Children's Play ◽  
Functional Play ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Risky Play ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Play Materials

Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities to engage in risky play. This study examined the relationship between the outdoor play environment and the occurrence of children’s risky play in ECEC institutions. Children (n = 80) were observed in two-minute sequences during periods of the day when they were free to choose what to do. The data consists of 935 randomly recorded two-minute videos, which were coded second by second for several categories of risky play as well as where and with what materials the play occurred. Results revealed that risky play (all categories in total) was positively associated with fixed equipment for functional play, nature and other fixed structures, while analysis of play materials showed that risky play was positively associated with wheeled toys. The results can support practitioners in developing their outdoor areas to provide varied and exciting play opportunities.

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