Child Deprivation

As i work in an early years setting i no how important it is for children to have free play while in an educational setting. In the state nursery i work in children from the age of 3 are granted a place in a nursery for 3hours a day, thats 15hours a week. This was changed from only 2 and a half hours a day only recently. We are expected to go by the early years foundation stage framework to facilitate a childs learning. Only some of this learning is structured, like a 20min carpet session. The rest of the time is free-flow which basically means that the children are able to flow freely around the activties set out in the setting. These activities are all early years based, for example we use small world activies which is things that are miniture but real/imaganery, like a farm, castle, fairy land etc. There is a home corner where the children let their imagenation run as it pleases, they are able to mimic there home life here, for example, cooking ironing, washing the babies etc. There is a book corner for the children to look freely at books and take one home for their parent to read to them. We have a sand try and water tray for the children to explore. There is also a mark making table where children are able to start to put pen to paper, nothing is expected of them, it is just for them to start exploring with mark making with different tools. There is also a maths table in the setting, this isnt for them to start doing there times table at the age of 3. Its maths objects/maths related toys, like puzzels, threading beads etc. We also have our outside area. Most playgrounds in schools have now been developed to make it child friendly and a place for children to explore, push thier boundries etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhF6E7zHqWI&playnext=1&list=PLB52468D215C4B971&feature=results_main

All these activities are provided to the children to enable that they get the play that they need to have ensure there well being is being developed. The guidlines for the EYFS has changed recently, this is the tittle for each of the frameworks:
Personal,social and emotional
Physical Development
Literacy
Mathamatics
Communication and Language
Expressive arts and design

Here is a link if you would like to look more closely at the mile stones children should be reaching throughout 0-5years
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/AllPublicationsNoRsg/Page1/DFE-00023-2012

It is a known fact that with out play and meeting these frameworks that a childs development will seriously be effected. Once these mile stones have been passed the child will always be effected as you can not tap back into them once the child progresses beyond the expected age when this should have been developing.

Here is some YOUTUBE clips on child deprevation, i feel it is important for anyone working with children, young adults to understand the importance of "play" in the early years of a childs life, and just what effect it has on children/people that have missed out  on this extreamly important part of their life.

This is extream cases:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thIDCL3NClQ&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkX47t2QaRs&feature=related

The Importance of Play

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TQ7cFUQ20&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_-1O_rBLPU&feature=related