Hi, good afternoon steemian everything. The world of children is a world of play, through playing children get a lesson that contains aspects of cognitive development, social, emotional and physical development. Through play activities with a variety of children's games are stimulated to develop in general both the development of thinking, emotion and social. Children aged 2-8years are children at the preoperational stage.
According to Piaget the main characteristic of development at this stage is the use of symbols or sign language, and the development of intuitive concepts.
Preoperational (2-4years) at this age the child has been able to use language in developing the concept, although still very simple.
Characteristics of this stage are: (1) Self counter is very prominent (2) Can classify objects on a single base level and conspicuously (3) Unable to concentrate on different objects (4) Be able to collect goods according to criteria including correct criteria (5) Can arrange objects in rows, but can not explain the difference between the rows.
The intuitive stage (4-8 years) has characteristics: (1) the child is able to form the classes, but is less aware of the meaning, (2) the child begins to understand the logical relationships in complex matters, (3) the child can do something to a number ideas, (4) children are able to get the principle right. Early childhood education (0-8years) is a place to learn and play for children. Children are taught to know the rules, discipline, responsibility and independence by playing.
Children are also taught how they should adjust to their environment, empathize with their friends, of course also practice cooperating with other children. Through educational play activities, the child's mind is aroused to stimulate emotional development, social development and physical development.
Each child has different abilities and interests depending on the child's development. From the game will also usually cause big fantasies by the child, and certainly will further increase the child's interest in the toy.
Educative games are important for children, because:
Educative games can help children develop themselves.
Educative game capable minengkatkan ability to communicate for children.
Educative games can help children create new things or innovate a game.
Educative games can improve the way of thinking in children. 5. Educative games can improve the feelings of children.
Educative games can improve self-confidence in children.
Educative game is able to stimulate the imagination in children.
Educative games can practice language skills in children
Educative games can membentk child morality.
Educative games can develop socialization in children. In determining educative games, parents or educators must be smart in choosing smart, because not all that expensive and modern it is educational, it could be just instill consumptive nature in children. Parents should be at home and educators in the school can choose and provide media that can support the development of the child's personality, which concerns the physical, intellectual, social, moral and emotional child.
