Child and play are words that cannot be considered separately… play means eating, sheltering, etc. for every child. It is among the important basic needs such as. It is an acceptable truth for everyone in every society, under every condition; Play comes first among the indispensable parts of childhood. However, with the new generation education system and the change in the understanding of education, children are seen as racehorses and play hours are taken away from them, learning activities are replaced instead, and the child's full day is filled with education. It is common for parents and educators to think that the information the child has learned will be lost and that if he plays games, his time will be wasted. That's why every day the child is forced to learn more and more tiring, tiring, and burdensome teaching.
With challenging educational activities that are not appropriate for the child's age, parents and educators create the understanding that if the child has difficulty, he will succeed more easily and be more successful academically, and think that they are constantly preparing the child one step further. Mathematics, reading and writing, etc. are taught to the child who needs to play games in the preschool period, as if he is getting somewhere. Activities such as are organized. Children are pushed early and forcibly into activities that require a certain maturity and readiness. In fact, the most important point is being missed here. In the game, you can improve the child's cognitive development, motor ability, memory, organizational ability, etc. is developing. Playing games actually helps students in their studies in the future and enables them to acquire reasoning skills. For example; In the hopscotch game we all know, the child learns to write numbers, jump, bounce, play without leaving the squares, etc. is learning. Games also develop children's social aspects. A preschool child who is focused on studying at home may have difficulty making friends and socializing. However, the child who plays will be very successful in social and friendship relations. In addition, in children who are given excessive responsibility in the early period, that is, in the pre-school period; Anxiety, anxiety, self-confidence problems and disappointments may occur. Experience learning difficulties, lack of self-confidence, performance anxiety It can be done. However, research supports the fact that this condition is less common in children who play.
As a result; In early childhood, that is, in the 0-6 age group, before focusing on learning, it will be much healthier for the child's development to evaluate this period of the child with plenty of games, and for the parents to participate in these games from time to time and spend time together.
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