The world is a world of playing for children. Every play should follow the stages of child development and age. For the children 1-3 years old is the golden age and the 3-6 years old who started up the preschool need games that support the development of physical, cognitive and psychosocial.
Golden Age
In the golden period, children develop gross motor skills and fine motor skills they had. Children as well experience cognitive growth that makes them act egocentric, inflexible to change, also social understanding is even limited. Additionally, children will too have times once they felt anxious to part away with their parents, and the shame and doubt when facing a situation.
Golden Age
In the golden period, children develop gross motor skills and fine motor skills they had. Children as well experience cognitive growth that makes them act egocentric, inflexible to change, also social understanding is even limited. Additionally, children will too have times once they felt anxious to part away with their parents, and the shame and doubt when facing a situation.
Toddler
Entering the toddler age, physical growth had reached its peak. This is apparent from the developing child's brain to the adult brain size at age 3 years and reached 90% of the brain of adults as the age of 5 years. Muscles and bones of the body grew as his physical growth. Children begin to establish contact with people outside his home environment. They like group that is often involved in the environment and the courage to face new social situations challenging for them.
Entering the toddler age, physical growth had reached its peak. This is apparent from the developing child's brain to the adult brain size at age 3 years and reached 90% of the brain of adults as the age of 5 years. Muscles and bones of the body grew as his physical growth. Children begin to establish contact with people outside his home environment. They like group that is often involved in the environment and the courage to face new social situations challenging for them.
Playing for children is an activity attempted solely for pleasance. Play activities should come initiative from theirself and can make them happy and joyfun. Had better parents introduce various types of play to children. The important thing is child's play must have a physical value, therapeutic value, educational value, creative value, the value of self-knowledge, social values and moral values.
Source: Oct 2008 Parenting Indonesia Magazine
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