CLD 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Drama Centre London, Abstraction, Cognitive Development

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 111
• Professor: Kristy Timmons

Document Summary

A clearly defined area that houses equipment, materials, and supplies that promote similar styles of play and where the materials complement one another. Real world: drama centre, combination of daily living centre and active role play centre, puzzle/manipulative/quiet, computer, just one medium, science, creative arts, blocks. Learning centres: symbolic representation of a child"s world, small group focus. October 6th, 2016: active involvement to promote risk taking and problem solving, hands on materials cause children to engage in active learning. Children acquire skills of: decision-making, oral language, spoken language, creative abilities, social skills, small group focus, engage with other children, responsibility. Interact more with peers: engage in less wandering behaviour, are less hostile and aggressive, children are anxious, or didn"t have downtime, cognitive development is enhanced. Toddler environment: dramatic play, creative art, literacy, music, sensory, manipulative, block, alone or retreat area. Preschool environments need to contain a variety of learning centers: dramatic play, creative art, literacy.