Rough and Tumble Play:
Important to Development
独上西楼歌词by Gregory Uba
可可英语网NAEYC Men’s Caucus 2004 Leader of Men and Children Award
Rough and tumble play, also known as rough-housing, has been a part of children's play for as long as there have been children. This type of play has important developmental significance in a number of areas. Often adults mistake this sort of play as violent, aggressive, intimidating play or even fighting, yet to the child, this type of play has physical and social developmental value.
《后天》Rough-housing play can take the form of tumbling, wrestling, jumping from high places, mock-fighting, digging, throwing, banging objects, crashing toys and knocking down blocks. The noi, nsory stimu
lation, motor skill requirements and social interactions drive this play.
Physical Development:
A child practices important gross motor skills when they wrestle, climb, dig and jump. Often
times this is their first attempt at what adults would consider sports or exerci. Children are motivated by their desire to demonstrate their physical competence. For some children, they are driven by nsory needs for "heavy touch". Children with nsory integration challenges ek out this sort of "pressure" on their muscles. Occupational therapists work with the children to give them important nsory experiences.
立志的名言经典短句Social Development
数学考研班A child engaging in rough-housing may be imitating the play that he or she engages in with a
parent at home. In our society men have few socially accepted opportunities to touch other people. Often, it is primarily through play that men are "allowed" the chance to touch other people. This would explain why sports are so important to boys and men. It is also through playing with their children that men are able to enjoy physical touch that is considered nurturing and appropriate.
Furthermore, it is through rough-housing that many children first enter associative and eventually cooperative play. The rules for rough-housing are generally quite simple, indeed, if you were to view unguided rough and tumble play among young children across the country, you would find that it varied little from place to place. It is this "universality" of rough-housing that offers children entry into group play. A child new to a community, with no friends, will understand and be able to engage in a game of cha or tag or wrestling or "Power Rangers" with other children, thereby gaining acceptance into a peer group. The importance of this physical play for young boys is perhaps even more significant than it is for girls, given the stigmas that are placed on boys that fulfill the need for physical touch by clinging to a parent, or holding hands with other children as a matter of lf-comfort or social need.
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The Need for Power
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In today's urban tting, where children may spend most of their day in passive, dentary activities,
whether at school, in front of the television, staring at a computer, or standing in line at the grocery store, department store or bank - the need for physical play is vital. Through rough-housing, children challenge themlves and ek to demonstrate their competence to tho that they value. Early leadership opportunities prent themlves through this type of play. The beginnings of team skills are developed as the children take on roles, "characters" and relationships. Children act out their concerns regarding power, safety, independence and interdependence. They try on meaningful social values such as loyalty, friendship, courage, risk, and strength.
Teachers, caregivers and parents can facilitate rough-housing to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. martial arts and digging holes, planting trees, cutting, hammering, rolling …all offer appropriate opportunities.殚精竭虑什么意思
Perhaps society has evolved from more primitive times to make life easier, cleaner, more comfortable, but the human animal has not evolved at this remarkable rate. Children still have the need to test their physical prowess and their social interdependence.
Rough and tumble play is a child's entry point into "grown-up" culture. Very much like lion cubs wrest
le in what is ultimately practice for their future, children find a safe way to demonstrate to the world and to themlves that they are worthy of a place in our society.
Ud by permission of Connections For Children
