BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s
Imaginative Play
BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
Learning aims
A Understand the importance of imaginative
play for children
B1 Understand planning for imaginative play
B2 Understand the role of the adult in
imaginative play
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
LA A – Key learning point
There are different types of imaginative
play which have benefits for young
children and support learning in a
number of ways:
• Imaginative play includes: domestic
play, fantasy play, superhero play and
small-world play.
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
Types of imaginative play
• Think back to when you
were younger. What types of
games did you play?
• Were any of them
imaginative play?
• What type of imaginative
play were they?
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
LA A – Key learning point (cont.)
There are different types of imaginative
play that have benefits for young
children and support learning in a
number of ways:
• Benefits – self-expression, exploring
feelings, developing empathy,
cooperation and skills to negotiate,
exercising choice and resolving
conflicts
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
LA A – Key learning point (cont.)
There are different types of imaginative
play that have benefits for young
children and support learning in a
number of ways:
• Supports learning – creative thinking,
extending thinking, problem solving,
exploring mathematical concepts, using
technology, exploring and selecting
materials, developing language and
literacy.
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
LA B1 – Key learning point
The role of observation of children in
imaginative play is:
• to help with planning future
•
•
activities
to check on a child’s progress and
development
to help with understanding a
child’s needs, interests and
preferences.
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
Observation of imaginative play
• Discuss what is
happening in the
photograph.
• What other props
could you use to
enrich this activity?
• How could you use
adult engagement to
enrich this activity?
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
LA B2 – Key learning point
The role of the adult is important in
observing and supporting play:
• assessing the effectiveness of play
• supporting play and extending
thinking
• promoting gender equality
• working with parents to help them
understand the value of play.
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
Supporting play and extending
thinking
Asking children focused, open-ended questions
during their play encourages:
• problem solving
• new vocabulary
• creative thinking.
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BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning & Development
Unit 24: Supporting Children’s Imaginative Play
Supporting children to explore and
extend ideas
How can children
be supported to
explore and extend
ideas through:
• writing
• drawing
• ICT?
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