FRHD 2040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Earth Science, Lev Vygotsky
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Free play: have as many choices of materials as possible and how they choose to use the materials. Guided play: the teacher has selected the materials, but the children can choose how they use them. Directed play: teacher tells children how to accomplish a specific task. Play is personally motivated: the player must choose to participate. Play is active: requires some active involvement on the part of the player. Play has no extrinsic goals: the outcome of play isn"t as important as the. Players supply meaning to play: they provide their own interpretation of participation in it the materials. Play has no extrinsic rules: the players must be able to alter the rules of the activity as needed. Sociodramatic play: also called fantasy play, playing defined roles that they have chosen. Vygotsky on play: play creates the child"s zone of proximal development, play facilitates the separation of thought from actions and objects, play facilitates the development of self-regulation.