Value of Play and Recreational Activity to Children and Young People

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Level 2
Unit No:
L/505/2489
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
24 hours

Assessment Guidance

Candidates may choose to focus on children or young people in a specific age range when meeting the assessment criteria for this unit.The unit is assessed by portfolio of evidence.

Aim

In this unit, learners will find out how play and recreational activities can help in the learning and development of children of different ages. They will also learn the value of providing appropriate materials and the role of the adult in supporting children during play.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand the value of play or recreational activity to children's and young people's development.

Learning Outcome 1: Indicative Content  

Learners need to give examples of the value of play for each area of development e.g. 

  • physical - promotes fine and gross motor development 
  • social - encourages friendships, working together
  • emotional - fun, opportunity to release tension
  • intellectual - problem solving, challenges thinking
  • language - new vocabulary, encourages conversation and listening skills

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Explain how play or recreational activity can support the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and language development of a child or young person.
2.

Know about different play and recreational activities suitable for children and young people of different ages.

Learning Outcome 2: Indicative Content  

Play experiences for children of different ages may include:


  • babies - different materials that are safe e.g. boxes, soft toys to hang in a pram, rattles
  • toddlers - push and pull toys, bricks
  • pre-school - water and sand play, creative materials
  • school aged - digital equipment, bikes, construction materials
  • teenagers - outdoor activities, social functions 

Learners need to select a chosen age and then explain how play can support their development. 

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1
    Describe different, appropriate play and recreational activities, and the resources required, for children and young people of different ages.
  • 2.2
    Explain how a specific play or recreational activity could be used to support the development of children or young people of a given age.
3.

Understand the role of the adult in providing or supporting play and recreational activities.

Learning Outcome 3: Indicative Content  

Ways adults can support a child's right to play may include:


  • provide play experiences for children
  • encourage others to provide play experiences
  • local campaigns

Strategies and techniques to support children's play may include:


  • observing and then provide appropriate materials
  • joining in with imaginative play
  • working alongside them to demonstrate new skills
  • provide stimulation activities or suggestions

Ways in which adult interaction can extend learning and development may include:


  • asking questions to assess children's understanding of concepts
  • challenging children to go a step further e.g. climbing a bit higher on the frame
  • provide materials that meet the individual needs of a child e.g. clay can help release tension

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1
    Describe how adults can support the child or young person's right to play, as set out in the United Nations Convention or Human Rights and the Charter for Children's Play.
  • 3.2
    Describe the strategies and techniques adults can use to support children or young people in play and recreational activities.
  • 3.3
    Explain how adult interaction within play or recreational activity can extend the learning and development of the child or young person.