Write a 2000-word report on how play supported the selected children’s holistic development and learning.
WRITTEN REPORT
What content to include in each section?
Section 1: General introduction to play; Purpose of the report with specific objectives, i.e. what this report is going to cover, including its structure.
Section 2: In this section provide details on – the five selected children and their gender, your chosen method to document observations and why you chose it with support from literature; and the contexts, nature, and types of play observed. Following this information, present a coherent discussion on how play supported the selected children’s development and learning. This discussion should be based on the analysis of selected children’s play from all five vignettes with examples and with reference to those in the appendix. Support this discussion with relevant theories/ EYLF or MTOP outcomes and literature.
Do not include templates of observations in this section of the report. Five observation templates go into the Ap- pendix, attached to the written report. The information from all five templates should be used to write this section of the report.
Section 3: Provide five recommendations or ideas to extend the selected child’s or a group of children’s play/learning/ development. The recommendations provided should be specific and individualized to the selected children. They should be relevant to the type of play and based on the analysis of developments and learning in the vignettes. They need to be practical and appropriate to the ages/stages of children’s development and learning currently observed in the vignettes.
Write general conclusions to the report based on what you found about the role of play in supporting children’s developments and learning. It is not enough to simply repeat the contents from introduction in this section.