Question

as either a nurse working on a pediatric ward or a child psychologist you have been asked to develop some educational and fun activities for the young patients during theie
hospital day. considering the various types of play in chapter8, what activities do yoy suggest. be specific about your suggeted activities

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary. Also, since I haven’t read the “Chapter 8” you will have to add to the answer based on this chapter.

(Answer) One could have a typical room with four corners assigned to different child activities. Each of these activities would serve a different purpose in the development and nurturing of the child.

(a) There could be a gross-motor skills corner. This corner could have its own clay desk, where the kids can play with modelling clay. There could also be other activities that sharpen a child’s gross motor skills. Another corner could be assigned to the “storytelling area.” Every kindergarten needs a space to ameliorate the children for when they get a bit hyper or exhausted. This would be a perfect corner.

(b)     The physical domain could have mini-slides with a soft-mat area for the teacher to conduct physical exercises for the students. The cognitive domain will be a designated learning area where the children can sit to fill their workbooks and engage in conversations. Psychosocial activities like sharing stories or addressing the class is something that would be conducted with the kids facing the board in front of the classroom. An assortment of each of these activities, with proper time designation, should help all of the kids with their social and cognitive skills.

(c)    The most essential is the activity area. Young children need to develop coordination and motor functions. There are several indoor rides like crawling tubes, mini slides and see-saws that are available. Every play area needs a creative/ art space. Activities conducted here will include painting, craft, clay work etc.