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The Role of Play in Child Development 

All over the world, children, irrespective of race, gender or geographical location: 
	 Have energetic bodies 
	 Like manipulating by use of fingers 
	 Have inquisitive minds 
	 Have spontaneous feelings 
These characteristics should be utilized to assist the development of the child. In this lesson, you are going to see how play influences the intellectual, social, physical and emotional development.

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The Role of Play in Child Development 

All over the world, children, irrespective of race, gender or geographical location: 
	 Have energetic bodies 
	 Like manipulating by use of fingers 
	 Have inquisitive minds 
	 Have spontaneous feelings 
These characteristics should be utilized to assist the development of the child. In this lesson, you are going to see how play influences the intellectual, social, physical and emotional development.

The Role of a Caregiver/Teacher in Children’s Play 

It is necessary to plan and organize play episodes to maximize their contribution in children’s holistic development. To ensure that the organization does not negatively impact on children’s play, it is important to understand the role of the teacher or the caregiver in children’s play. 

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The Role of a Caregiver/Teacher in Children’s Play 

It is necessary to plan and organize play episodes to maximize their contribution in children’s holistic development. To ensure that the organization does not negatively impact on children’s play, it is important to understand the role of the teacher or the caregiver in children’s play. 

The Role of the Music Teacher 
The music teacher is a strong factor in children’s musical development. Without him/her children’s attitudes toward music could be wrong. The effective music teacher serves as the live model for the music to be learned. Performance skills are learned when children imitate their teacher.

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The Role of the Music Teacher 
The music teacher is a strong factor in children’s musical development. Without him/her children’s attitudes toward music could be wrong. The effective music teacher serves as the live model for the music to be learned. Performance skills are learned when children imitate their teacher.

What is a theory? According to Hearron and Hildebrand (2003) a theory is an organised set of related ideas, concepts, and principles that describes a particular area of knowledge. Management theory is an organised set of related ideas, concepts, and principles that describe the process of managing an enterprise or child development centre. Managers of programmes for children read theories to understand how children grow, develop, and learn to help them to make the right decisions.
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What is a theory? According to Hearron and Hildebrand (2003) a theory is an organised set of related ideas, concepts, and principles that describes a particular area of knowledge. Management theory is an organised set of related ideas, concepts, and principles that describe the process of managing an enterprise or child development centre. Managers of programmes for children read theories to understand how children grow, develop, and learn to help them to make the right decisions.
The term culture is derived from the Latin word cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate". The term has different meanings. However, in social sciences the word "culture" is most commonly used in three basic senses:
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The term culture is derived from the Latin word cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate". The term has different meanings. However, in social sciences the word "culture" is most commonly used in three basic senses:
Theories of Music 
There are 3 main theories that continue to influence music teaching in early child hood. They are by i) Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Carl orff and Zoltan Kodaly. Let us focus on them each at a time.

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Theories of Music 
There are 3 main theories that continue to influence music teaching in early child hood. They are by i) Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Carl orff and Zoltan Kodaly. Let us focus on them each at a time.

These theories appeared in the latter part of the 19th and the early 20th period These include;
i) Surplus Energy Theory (Herbert Spencer, 1873)

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These theories appeared in the latter part of the 19th and the early 20th period These include;
i) Surplus Energy Theory (Herbert Spencer, 1873)

Definition of Transfer of Learning
Transfer of learning refers to the influence which learning one task may have upon the subsequent learning or performance of another task. Transfer of learning means that performance on one task is affected by performance on another task. Performance might be positively affected or it might be negatively affected.

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Definition of Transfer of Learning
Transfer of learning refers to the influence which learning one task may have upon the subsequent learning or performance of another task. Transfer of learning means that performance on one task is affected by performance on another task. Performance might be positively affected or it might be negatively affected.

Introduction 
Hailed as the best pre-schools in the world by Newsweek magazine in 1991, the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education has attracted the worldwide attention of educators, researchers and just about anyone interested in early childhood education best practices. Even the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)'s revised version of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) guidelines also included examples from Reggio approach. Today, Reggio appr...
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Introduction 
Hailed as the best pre-schools in the world by Newsweek magazine in 1991, the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education has attracted the worldwide attention of educators, researchers and just about anyone interested in early childhood education best practices. Even the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)'s revised version of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) guidelines also included examples from Reggio approach. Today, Reggio appr...
Among the best-known and most widely used early childhood curriculum models in America are the Creative Curriculum, the Developmental Interaction Approach (sometimes called the Bank Street approach), the High/Scope Curriculum, and the Montessori method. Other curriculum models include: Waldorf, Loipi, Reggio Emilio and constructivist Schweinhart & McAdoo (1996), Goffin & Wilson (2001), and Roopnarine & Johnson (2000).
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Among the best-known and most widely used early childhood curriculum models in America are the Creative Curriculum, the Developmental Interaction Approach (sometimes called the Bank Street approach), the High/Scope Curriculum, and the Montessori method. Other curriculum models include: Waldorf, Loipi, Reggio Emilio and constructivist Schweinhart & McAdoo (1996), Goffin & Wilson (2001), and Roopnarine & Johnson (2000).