Abstract
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY GROUNDS IN THE PROCESS OF CHILD’S SELF-REALIZATION
Game and play grounds may be considered as one of the most important alternative solutions against sedentary life style appearing as a result of urban life. In the study, it is aimed to examine descriptively the role of game and play grounds for child in the process of self-realization. Several studies made today reveal that game positively affects the development of child in many aspects. The game that has an important place on child’s education enables child to learn a lot of feelings such as joy, addiction, worry, leadership, pain, afraid, respect, hatred, love, freedom etc. by playing, and it positively supports personality development of child who finds the chance of trying the social roles. Play grounds are the most important places for children’s play. These places must have physical equipment for meeting the needs of children. Physical planning for the play grounds is very important in terms of the development of child. So, the emphasize of the study is to the importance of game and play grounds which is a way to decrease the effect of negative factors of technology and urbanisation to the child development.
Keywords
Game, Child, Development, Play Grounds
