Play Leadership VRE101

Understand the importance of play! A valuable course for anyone working, or wishing to work with children as well as anyone wanting to expand their understanding and knowledge of child development through play and safety in play. Our staff have experience training play leaders since the late 1970s. Course Content

se, plus one special project, covering:

1. Understanding Play
2. Leadership Skills
3. Planning Play Programs
4. Child Development through Play
5. Play Safety
6. Physical Play
7. Social Play
8. Adventure Playground.
9. Play Apparatus
10. Activities

.... plus a Special Project

Aims

• Explain the purpose of play in the cognitive, physical and social development of a child.
• Determine the skills required to carry out a play leadership role in different situations
• Plan for a supervised children\'s play program.
• To develop a basic understanding of the impact of play upon the psychological development of a child.
• To determine appropriate measures to take to protect a child\'s safety when at play, while minimising any interference which might diminish the quality of the play experience.
• Explain options for physical play activities, including games and sports, in a supervised play program.
• Develop an understanding of options for social play activities, in a supervised play program.
• To develop a basic ability to plan, establish and manage a supervised adventure
• To develop an ability to evaluate a range of different play apparatus, including playground structures, toys, sports equipment, commenting on quality, safety features, appropriate applications and cost benefit.
• To broaden your scope of opportunities that can be offered for children to play, appropriate to a wide range of different situations.

A valuable course for anyone working, or wishing to work with children.
Our staff have experience training play leaders since the late 1970s.