As an advocate for play in the classroom, you are going to design a training workshop that will be presented to fellow teachers about:

• The importance of play
• How play contributes to social and cognitive development
• The benefits of play in the classroom
• How to weave play activities into your classroom

Consider the age group that your audience teaches when developing your workshop and select one age group to target your information:

• infant-toddler,
• preschool,
• primary grades (K-3rd grade).

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Your workshop should be presented as a PowerPoint presentation and include:

1. A title slide (Include the name of the presenter & age group presentation designed for)
2. Background knowledge about play-(Include references used at the bottom of each slide)
   1. Definitions of play - (minimum one slide)
   2. Discuss the stages of play - (minimum one slide)
   3. Discuss the different types of play- (minimum one slide)
   4. Discuss the importance of play in early childhood learning - (minimum one slide).
   5. Discuss how play contributes to social and cognitive development - (minimum one slide)
3. One hands-on activity designed for adults to demonstrate the power of play
   • Explain the activity (what items are needed, how participants would engage in this activity)
   • Explain why this activity will help participants understand the power of play
4. Design three hands-on, play-based activities (No worksheets) that promote cognitive and social development that can be incorporated into an early childhood classroom 
   • Include procedures,
   • Materials
   • Rationale for how this activity promotes cognitive and social development
5. One Website discussing the importance of Play
   • Title of website
   • Include a link,
   • Short description of what the website has to offer
6. Two Articles about the importance of Social development in early childhood education
   • Title of the article
   • Include a link to the article
   • A short summary of why 
   • the article is important
7. Concluding thoughts

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Title Slide Presenter Your Name Age Group Preschool Background Knowledge about Play References List references used Definitions of Play Play A voluntary enjoyable activity with no immediate purpose of... View the full answer