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“Reading Summary Template: CLD102 Fall 2021”
“Chapter Title:”
Recording Children’s Behaviour in Dramatic Play
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A.
Dramatic play is how children maneuver through exploring activities and relationships in the real world. It can also
add as a source of development and logic to children. One significant type of play is called symbolic play, which
refers to one thing representing another. For example, a child may represent a stick to be a human or a line of
blocks to be a railroad track. The ability for children to recognize and create symbols enables them to understand
and differentiate social symbol systems, including words, alphabets, numbers, math symbols, etc. Children who
can't comprehend or institute particular symbols/representations into their play will have a difficult time learning
and reading, as having a sense of awareness towards symbols is crucial. Additionally, as children mature
independently and grow, they draw away from their symbols and use their logical senses. When observing
children, it is essential to record a child's use of dramatic play, as it depicts the level of their understanding.
B.
“List five points made in the chapter that you believe are important.”
Play can be meaningful and a “source of development” for children, according to Vygotsky (1976). Dramatic play
is when children explore activities and relationships that correspond to their logical sense in the real world.
Play can contribute to children's understanding of logic and reasoning and solutions to conflicts. It is only
through play where children can incorporate a sense of fantasy, explore, and learn what no one else can teach
them.
When children play a dramatic role in the real world, such as a nurse, teacher, mother, or brother, it most likely
results in the child adding an emotional sense or tone. Even though a child may choose a specific role, they
might decide that their characteristics are timid, kind, respectful, protective, strict, etc.
Harriet Johnson (Hirsh, 1996) states that children develop four block-building patterns in stages:
tower, row
bridge, and enclosure
. The stages are organized into six steps:
1.
Create rows horizontally and vertically
2.
Firstly, connect two blocks by placing a vertical block onto a horizontal one and adding a second parallel
to the vertical block. Secondly, set up two vertical blocks parallel to each other and connect them with a
third one
3.
Make an enclosure with four blocks
4.
Decorate the unnamed structure
5.
Label the structure, whether it be a house, building, tower, etc.
6.
Add symbolic representations of real-life structures such as the CN Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, a
bridge, etc.
Rules are constructed specifically in dramatic play and games, as it provides children with awareness on the
social aspects of play.
C.
“Pose 5 questions that would allow you to evaluate a child’s actions.”
Does the child use onomatopoeic sounds such as
meow
for a cat,
ruf
for a dog,
moo
for a cow etc.?
Does the child’s experience with dramatic play influence their culture, beliefs, attitudes, or values?
What symbolic objects are incorporated into the child’s use of play? - Does the child use imaginative play, or
real-life play?
What roles does the child take in symbolic play? – Is the child’s role a mother, brother, nurse, etc.?
How does the child react to interruption? – For snack, lessons, storytelling etc.
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