What is Play?
"Play: Occupations selected for amusement, recreation, diversion, sport, or folic" (Christiansen, & Townsend, 2010, p.422).
According to Hughes (2010), play is considered to have five essential characteristics; Firstly it must be intrinsically motivated, secondly it must be freely chosen, thirdly it must be pleasurable, fourthly that it is nonliteral and finally that the player is actively engaged.
What is structured and unstructured play?
Structured play: is a type of play that is goal/objective based and generally has a structure as to how it should be carried out. Unstructured play can also be termed as ‘adult-directed’ with the increase of adults involvement in children’s play.
Unstructured play: this is a type of play that is unplanned and thus the reason why it can also be termed ‘spontaneous play’ or ‘free play’.‘Child initiated play’ is also another term used, noting that this type play can develop structure but only by the child/children who initiated it.
Advantages and disadvantages of unstructured and structured play:
I have not been able to find your reference: Tassoni, 2006. DO you have more information?
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