Features of Children's Play (Episode-4)
The activity of the game decreases in number with age.
Studies have shown that the number of activities followed gradually decreases as children get older. Towards the age of twelve, not only is the number of assigned play activities declining, but there is also a change in the type of activity to be enjoyed. At the moment, favorite activities include precisely organized games and sports and more solo activities such as going to the movies, watching television, watching games and reading.
A comparison of the number of different activities at different ages showed that among eight-year-olds, an average of 40.11 different sports activities were engaged in a week, while those aged twenty-two years and older had an average of 17.71. The activities involved in playing with other children similarly decrease with age. In 712 years, an average of 27 was involved, compared to 1112 years 21 and 1612 years 13.
* Reasons for reduction.
The number of play activities decreases because older children have less time to play; They have a broader idea of their interests and skills, and have a longer focus.
Children give up certain activities because they have become bored or are considered childish. Kindergarten children, for example, begin to lose interest in blocks because materials such as paints, clay, crayons, and chalk provide a variety of interesting activities. The dramatic drama loses its appeal when the child is no longer able to think that he is imitating that person. Similarly, toys will lose their appeal when the child no longer agrees with their quality of life and in doing so the peer group treats him or her as a child.
Shrinking the number of play activities may be due to lack of play mates. Children who lack social acceptance in peer groups find themselves confined to lonely forms of play.
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