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L3CD PW2 Creating supporting environments for children’s play
1. Understand where playwork can take place
2. Understand play rich environments
- 2.1 Describe the aspects of the playwork curriculum and their impact on play rich environments
- 2.2 Describe how technology or the virtual world may benefit a play rich environment
- 2.3 Evaluate how the theories of compound flexibility and loose parts have a positive impact on a play rich environment
3. Understand the importance of collecting information on children’s play
- 3.1 Explain the importance of observation in understanding children’s play
- 3.2 Explain why it is important to collect information in order to understand children’s play needs and preferences
4. Understand the play cycle
- 4.1 Explain the individual stages of the play cycle and how these can be observed in practice
- 4.2 Describe the different play types
- 4.3 Explain how children benefit from a range of play types
5. Understand how to provide play spaces
- 5.1 Describe different play spaces and how to provide for these
- 5.2 Give examples of inter-connected play spaces
- 5.3 Explain how to support children in the creation of play spaces
6. Understand how to support children’s selfdirected play
- 6.1 Explain why it is important for children to choose and explore play spaces for themselves
- 6.2 Describe how to empower children to change their play space to meet their play needs and preferences
- 6.3 Explain the importance of appropriate playwork intervention
7. Understand the importance of risk and challenge in play
- 7.1 Explain the benefits of risk, stimulation and challenge during children’s play
- 7.2 Explain the terms: • risk benefit assessment • dynamic risk benefit assessment
- 7.3 Describe how a playworker can support children to manage risk for themselves
8. Be able to reflect on children‘s play
- 8.1 Reflect on observations of children’s play to consider: • range of play types • examples of the play cycle • children managing risk themselves