{"id":70000000092,"date":"2020-02-21T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/circa-fishhawk\/?p=70000000092"},"modified":"2020-02-21T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:37:31","slug":"sara-smilansky-and-the-importance-of-play-share-by-a-preschool-in-circa-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/circa-fishhawk\/preschool\/sara-smilansky-and-the-importance-of-play-share-by-a-preschool-in-circa-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Smilansky and the Importance of Play Share By A Preschool in Circa FL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy Circa FishHawk, a <\/span>Circa FishHawk, FL preschool<\/span><\/a>, prides itself in providing a unique combination of safe surroundings, loving interactions with the staff, and advanced curriculum founded upon play-based activities. The mission at Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy is to provide a secure, nurturing, and educational environment for children to bloom. Where they learn how to be responsible, considerate, and contributing members of society. Children at the <\/span>educational preschool<\/span><\/a> have the opportunity to develop physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually by playing, exploring, and learning with others in a fun, safe, and healthy environment. Being family-owned and operated, Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy welcomes positive family involvement and encourages a parent-teacher approach where the needs of every child come first.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The motto \u201cHug First, Then Teach\u201d defines every aspect of Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy. This \u201c<\/span>whole child approach<\/span><\/a>\u201d strengthens and encourages every child\u2019s emotional, intellectual, social, and physical well-being. \u201cPlay-based activities\u201d and \u201cplaying with a purpose\u201d are the core pillars of Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids approach to learning and teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy inspires learning with a loving environment that nurtures inquisitive minds to prepare children for the age of innovation. The <\/span>First Class Curriculum<\/a> is a comprehensive core curriculum designed to empower children to learn through playing with a purpose. Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy learning methods are research-based and standards-driven supported by the leading educational theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Sara Smilansky. An early pioneer in child development, Sarah Smilansky spent her entire life researching children at play. The conclusion of her life\u2019s endeavor is summed up in the words \u201cplay is important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Who was Sara Smilansky?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sara Smilansky (1922-2006) was a professor at Tel Aviv University in Israel and was also a visiting professor for many respected universities such as the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focused on play training and its effects on children. She wrote much on children’s play and its relation to learning. She worked with Jean Piaget, a giant in the arena of developmental psychology in the twentieth century for her research on children and play.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Four Types of Play<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Smilansky focused her research on children\u2019s play, how they learn through play, and how it relates to their future success. One of Smilansky’s main findings in her studies was that children engage in four types of play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Functional play: This play begins at an early age in the development of a child. It includes activities that utilize muscles or sensorimotor. This type of play strengthens and refines motor skills and seems to satisfy a child\u2019s need to be active and energetic.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Conditional play: This type of play involves sensorimotor activities that arouse creativity.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Games with rules: This play includes both table games and physical games. Play of this nature allows children to understand the idea of rules, accept the rules, and play by the rules.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dramatic play: Children are beginning to understand their surroundings and imitate what they see.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Smilansky and her colleagues concluded that these types of play had positive effects on the future academic success of children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Sociodramatic Play<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Smilansky’s research also focused on sociodramatic play and its impact on children’s learning. It is part of the dramatic play where children engage in a social setting. There are two elements of Sociodramatic play: Imitative play and Imaginative play. Imitative play involves imitating what already exists and has been observed. Imaginative sociodramatic play is where the child creates what they imitate. Sociodramatic play improves speech patterns, verbal skills, vocabulary, overall communication, and interactive skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

    While sociodramatic play can be directed and purposeful, it’s also free, unfettered, innovative, exciting, creative, and spontaneous. It is in this unencumbered environment that sociodramatic play \u2013 which to a greater or lesser extent involves the other three types of play \u2013 meets its maximum potential and has its greatest impact.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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