Playing games with children

LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (Understanding, skills, knowledge to be learned) (Standards of achievement against which outcomes will be measured) The learner will be able to: The learner has achieved this because (s)he can: 1. Demonstrate an awareness of the
types of games available for
children to play across a range of
ages
1.1 Identify a range of different types of games available for children to
play, e.g. board games, ball games, parachute games
1.2 Give an example of each
2. Demonstrate an understanding of
the value of games to a child's all
round development across a
range of ages
2.1 Give examples of the possible benefits to a child's all round
development of playing board games and physical games
3. Demonstrate an awareness of the
possible effects on children of
playing competitive games across
a range of ages
3.1 Give examples of the possible benefits to children of playing competitive
games, e.g. working as a team
3.2 Give examples of the possible negative effects to children of playing
competitive games, e.g. feeling a failure if they lose
4. Demonstrate an ability to support
children's involvement in playing
games across a range of ages
4.1 Give examples of how they could support children's involvement whilst
playing games, e.g. helping them to remember the rules, encouraging
turn taking
5. Demonstrate an ability to plan or
design a game for children to
encourage specific learning
outcomes across a range of ages
5.1 Identify a game which will encourage children to achieve a specific
learning outcome e.g. knowledge of colours, knowledge of road safety,
ability to catch a ball
5.2 Plan to play the game with children identifying how to play the game
and the equipment needed
5.3 Identify the learning outcome they hope to achieve