Free-play pattern of children at the Salome L. Tan pre-school.

• Main Authors: Fargas, Ma. Lourdes L., Torroba, Mitos
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: BF Psychology
• Online Access: http://thesis.dlsud.edu.ph/2115/1/FargasTorroba%20...%20-%20Children.pdf; http://thesis.dlsud.edu.ph/2115/
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aims to determine the free-play patterns of pre-school children and find out whether there exists a relationship between the free-play behavior of pre-school children and factors such as the parents' educational attainment and the sex of the child. The participating children in the study included twenty years old. they attended morning sessions in the Salome L. Tan Pre-School in Singalong, Manila. Play behavior was observed during the recess break from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Each child was observed for 90 seconds pro twenty consecutive school days. It was discovered that the play patterns of the children were different in terms of types of play engaged in. Males tend to engage more in associative plays while female atend to engage more with the onlooker and unoccupied type of play.