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Support and Guidance for Children's Play

What does this course cover?
The course "Kindergarten Games" is a compulsory professional course in early childhood education that combines theory and practice with vocational skills. It consists of a total of 36 class hours. Through learning, you can gradually establish a correct understanding of games, children, and education.

By studying this course, you will gain knowledge about the classification, connotation, and value of kindergarten games, as well as methods for setting up and evaluating environments. You will understand and master the organisation and guidance of different types of games. The course is designed based on your current cognitive characteristics and learning habits, aiming to "effectively enhance the competence in supporting and guiding children's play activities" by using a practical teaching model that integrates theory with practice, progressively implemented in layers to ensure the practical application of knowledge.

The course is optimised into four modules, 17 tasks, and four professional abilities (design, organisation, guidance, evaluation) according to the course characteristics and actual kindergarten needs. Based on common types of kindergarten games, including creative and rule-based games, it elaborates on six types of games: role play, construction, performance, physical, intellectual, and music games. Through pre-class self-learning, exploring new knowledge during class, and post-class consolidation, you will systematically study early childhood education theory and methods. Using real kindergarten photos, cases, videos, and other resources, you will write game activity plans and simulate practice in organizing children for activities, continuously enhancing your awareness of your role as an early childhood education practitioner.

What will you gain?
1. Understand the meaning of children's play; comprehend the characteristics of children's play; master the developmental value of children's play.
2. Understand the types of children's play; recognise the importance of play and develop a positive willingness to organise and guide play; understand the teacher's role in play; master the appropriate timing for teacher intervention in children's play.
3. Based on basic requirements and steps for creating indoor play environments in kindergartens, collaboratively complete an indoor play environment setup; be able to design outdoor play environments collaboratively according to kindergarten requirements and key setup points.
4. Be able to design activity plans for various types of games; create game environments and provide rich game materials according to the needs of activities; organise and guide various types of games; observe, interpret, analyse, and evaluate children's play activities.
5. Understand the theoretical connotations, organisation, implementation, and evaluation of the six types of games: role play, construction, performance, physical, intellectual, and music games; apply game theory to analyse and solve practical problems in children's play.
6. Conduct and record observations of children's play based on observation focus; perform scientific evaluation of children's play according to evaluation principles.
7. Develop skills in collaboration, communication, problem-solving, continuous innovation, and reflective development during task-based learning.
8. Internally and externally embody professional ethics, integrating value shaping, knowledge transmission, and skill development, in line with the principle of "teach by example, act with integrity".

Who is this course suitable for?
Students in early childhood education, childcare, early education, and related majors; practitioners in early childhood education; learners interested in children's play.