Children gain so much from being able to play on a playground for at least sixty minutes a day. They not only get social skills, but they gain independence. The fact that some schools are starting to eliminate playground time is not only hurting the children’s free independent time but also their development as well.
At school they have a lot of material they learn in the classroom, but they can still learn a lot in the playground too. Children get to learn math, science, nature, seasons, and weather as school subjects go. For their body they get to learn fine motor skills and gross motor skills, while they are exploring their environment.
Letting children play without any direction helps them develop certain skills they will need in the future. Some of the skills include learn how to play in groups, how to share with others, learn how to negotiate with each other, learn problem solving skills, decision making skills, learn their own areas of interest, move at their own pace, learn social skills. While children are playing they are developing their imagination, dexterity, physical, cognitive, and emotional strength. Some tasks that children should learn early on in life are exploring, risk taking, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills. Children also get to learn how to explore, experiment, and discover by playing outside on the playground.
Children should have three days of the sixty-minute playground time doing some muscle tone activities a week. Some of these activities include pushups and gymnastics. They should also have three days of their sixty-minute playground time doing some bone strengthening exercise. Which includes running and jumping rope.
After doing all this research I hope that they do not eliminate playground time for these children. They need that sixty minutes a day to explore and practice their motor skills.
Bacon, Allan. “The Importance of Outdoor Play for Children.” Important New Findings, 2005, www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/2010/outdoor-play.
This article had helped me learn that children learn a lot of development skills. Some of those skills are fine and gross motor skills. They also learn to explore their environment. Children also get to discover and experiment while haven playground time.
CDC. “How Much Physical Activity Do Children Need?” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 June 2015, www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/children/index.htm.
While researching my topic I came across this website and found a lot of useful information. The CDC website gave me information about how long a child should have playground time. Also, in this article they informed me that children should have bone strengthen activities and muscle activities.
Ginsburg, Kenneth R. “The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds.” Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1 Jan. 2007, http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/1/182
Hello,
I find your annotated bibliography to be great, full of information and your sources seem to connect perfectly with your topic. I like how you added some information to back up your quotes example: The CDC website. Your in-text citations appear to be used correctly according to MLA guidelines.
Not a bad start! You’ve got the basic idea here and a framework for report. Sources are OK in quality, and Works Cited entries well done overall.
Here are some things to work on for revision:
–Main focus of report seems to be more about encouraging schools to allow students to spend time on playground, rather than info supporting why playground should be rebuilt (the info in body is OK about benefits of playground though).
–Focus of body paras. could be improved with strong topic sentences. Make sure each para. has its own clear idea–now there seems to be some overlap about physical vs. social vs intellectual benefits.
–You need to use in-text citations throughout report, indicating where info came from. Generally these will be author’s last name in parentheses, or title of article if there’s no author. You might also look for a bit more specific, maybe statistical info to bolster content.
–Note that you need five sources total for annotated bib, with at least two of them used in report. Avoid first person (“I”) in annotations to keep more focused on what info sources would provide for a reader.
For revision reading look at page on revising for research skills: http://writingaboutplace.edublogs.org/research/