Question

Question:Subject is EEC1960 Section 01 Field Experience I: Knowledge but I choose PSYCOLOGY to make easy for post.

Take some time this module to watch a single child or a group of children playing at your Field Experience Site. Jot down notes about what you see and hear. Based on your observations, try to determine what stage of play is being demonstrated. To complete this assignment, do the following: Review the Stages of Play lecture in this module. In a 1-2 page paper, describe what you observed and identify the stage(s) of play that the child was demonstrating using Partens (1932) framework.

Answer 1

In field observation, I am visiting a playschool, where children are present from ages from 2 to 5. On taking a quick glance at the playground, I observe various children, some playing in groups, some alone, some just strolling around. Within this small ground, there is a variety of play types to be seen. There are two children, whose names I have gathered as Shawn and Ricky. They are playing with their cars, but do not talk to one another. Shawn looks up to see what Ricky is doing, but he doesn’t ask him. After seeing a play style different from his, he quickly switches and starts mimicking Ricky. They appear to be around 2 to 3 years of age. This could bad referred to as parallel play, in which children don’t get involved but in this stage there is development of social maturity.

There’s Sheena, he carefully observed a group of girls playing. She is just observing. It is not clear if she wants to join them or if she just wants to look. She is talking to this group, and asking them about the kind of play. Probably, she is new to the group and is not sure how to play and asks the group to in order to know what the game is. She is engage in constant conversations with the group. This kind of play is the onlooker play.

While, ted is involved with his own toys. He is running around the play ground alone and is not looking at anyone. He flaps his hands in the air, and is running in the form of a bird. He doesn’t care to look at any other student or ask them or mimic them. He is in his own world. Within the one hour that I have observed, he has changed his play thrive. After being tired from the immense learning, he gets back to his toys. Is bored of them after a while and starts roaming around the swings and slides. He seems to want to participate, but doesn’t do so and continues in his own world. This is the stage of solitary play. Solitary plat is very important as it signifies that the social skills of s person have not developed as of yet.

Slightly bigger children, probably around four years of age, are seen to exchange their toys. Michelle exchanges her toys with Micheal. They seem to be interacting and Micheal teaches her as how a machine gun works. She seems interested in learning and though playing separately, they seem to be involved in one another. Their language doesn’t seem to be built very well, but they still are communicating. It shows development of cooperation between the two. This sort of play is referred to as associative play.

The group that Sheena was observing was of children who were slightly older. They seemed to be around 5 years of age. The person that Sheena was interacting appeared to be the leader and was replying to every question that Sheena would put forth. The group is organised and is not uncontrolled or scattered as other groups. This shows cooperative play.