Role Play Area
The area of provision we decided to research was role play, we learnt through our research that having a role play area in early year’s settings benefits the children’s learning and development greatly. Some of the benefits that we found were that through role play children are able to act out their feelings and emotions and explore different aspects of everyday situations. They able to communicate with others and take on a certain role whether it be a postman, hairdresser or doctor. Role play also develops their social skills and language development whilst also allowing them to use their imagination and creativity.
An appropriate role play area must include relevant resources to support the children’s learning, such as in our restaurant role play area the resources that we included consisted of a cooker, a table and chairs with appropriate cutlery, till and fake money. We also created menus for the children to read and left paper and pens for them to be able to create their own menus and to write down orders, we also provided plasticine for the children to make their own food. As well as these resources we also created name tags for the children to wear to initiate their role within the area, for example chef and waitress badges.
The children’s input would also be necessary in the area in order to promote their interest and to encourage them to use the area frequently. We also discovered that the role play area also links to the Early Years Foundation Stage prime and specific areas. One example is that it can develop their literacy skills as they will be able to sound out letters on the menus they make and learn phonics on the name tags. They can also write down orders, create their own menus and read name tags.
The role play area also develops their language skills and helps them to create new friendships. The adult will play a part in this area by providing support and encouragement, ask open-ended questions to challenge and extend what they have observed and by showing that they are getting involved they are reinforcing the nature of role play. The adult would also be expected to observe the children in the role play area in order for them to document their development and to form a basis of planning for the next role play area they create.
Holly Robertson, Anna Jackson, Rebecca Chatfield.
The children’s input would also be necessary in the area in order to promote their interest and to encourage them to use the area frequently. We also discovered that the role play area also links to the Early Years Foundation Stage prime and specific areas. One example is that it can develop their literacy skills as they will be able to sound out letters on the menus they make and learn phonics on the name tags. They can also write down orders, create their own menus and read name tags.
The role play area also develops their language skills and helps them to create new friendships. The adult will play a part in this area by providing support and encouragement, ask open-ended questions to challenge and extend what they have observed and by showing that they are getting involved they are reinforcing the nature of role play. The adult would also be expected to observe the children in the role play area in order for them to document their development and to form a basis of planning for the next role play area they create.
Holly Robertson, Anna Jackson, Rebecca Chatfield.
Its important that children's ideas are valued and that you said you would get the Childs input and using their interests to be encouraging them to use this area.
ReplyDeleteI also like how you've said that role play encourages children to act out their emotions and feelings as this is an important part of allowing children to express themselves.