TITLE:
Early Cognitive Skills through the Setting of Play-Design
AUTHORS:
Meryem Yalçın, Esin Fakıbaba Dedeoğlu
KEYWORDS:
Play, Design, Early-Childhood, Cognitive Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.11,
November
29,
2024
ABSTRACT: Considering the educational role that play activity undertakes in the early childhood, it is critically important for the multi-dimensional development of the children. It is also effective on improving their problem-solving skills and positive experiences. Space design and toy selection play an important role among the dimensions to be considered in the play therapy process. Play is main process effective benefits from instruments and toys for children to develop functional thoughts and behaviors. Cognitive and Behavioral Development is frequently used for children’s psycho-motor, cognitive, social, emotional, language and personality development. As a result, the concepts of accessibility/ergonomics, security, aesthetics, personal space, creativity, order, compulsion, hierarchy and autonomy were addressed in terms of the child-design relationship, and the importance of children playing an active role was emphasized by designing flexible, transformable with rich physical stimuli that supported the development of imagination, curiosity and creativity. Within the scope of the study, play-design relationship is discussed by focusing on how the act of children behavior and learning can be supported.