Case Study #5: Empowering children through Sociodramatic Play and the Peaceable Classroom

Early Childhood Education
Case Study #5
Topic: Case Study #5: Empowering children through Sociodramatic Play and the Peaceable Classroom
Prompt Instructions:
This week we are discussing Sociodramatic play and Superhero play. You will read a case study on Chaeryun a 4 year old Korean girl and then answer a few questions.
Step #1: Read the Case Study on Chaeryun below:
Chearyun is a 4 year old girl. Her primary language is Korean. Her older brother, Gi, is in the third grade. Her father works as an engineer. Mom was a dentist but gave up her profession when she moved to America. The family moved from Korea for the fathers work exactly 1 year ago. The only one who has any knowledge of the English language in the family is the father, who has limited English skills. However, enough receptive English to build on and to support some basic communication needs.
Chearyun attends a part-time play-based preschool. When her parents drop her off she waves and is heard softly speaking to parents. She has no issues with separation. She quickly enters the playground climbing structure to play but it does not appear that she has a specific playmate but does follow along with others in climbing and sliding in a particular direction. She moves to the outside writing center and she draws shapes of people, trees, flowers and animals. She has strong gross/fine motor skills and she is taller than her peers, eats with chopsticks, smiles at others, and appears aware of her surroundings. She does not shy away but uses pointing, pulling or nodding yes or no to convey a want or need. She appears to follow along with the group transitions easily. She hugs her teachers and stays engaged the majority of her time in the preschool. She does not use expressive language. She does not talk.
On occasion, she has outbursts with loud crying and it usually results in finding out that there was some injustice or injury caused by a peer (i.e. different peer takes toys, pushes, or makes faces). It is difficult to console her and she will usually sob long and hard, resulting in a call to the parents to pick her up early due to emotional distress.
During group times Chaeryun looks at the teacher but often drifts and begins to play quietly on the rug with a little hand toy (pony). She works well in the class and does not take toys or disrupt the play of others. She loves to paint, draw, do puzzles, water play or anything you put in front of her she appears curious and takes initiative.
Step #2: As I mentioned earlier this week, we are discussing Sociodramatic play and Superhero play. We know that being a superhero empowers an individual and can help them work through conflicts in themselves and with their peers by providing them with tools of language to articulate their feelings.
Based on what you read in the case study answer the following questions:
Question #1: Recalling the challenges Chaeryun faces with resolving conflicts due to the language barrier, how might you use Sociodramatic play and/or Superhero play to help guide this child so that she gains the language tools necessary to resolve conflicts on her own and feels empowered?
Questions #2: Chaeryun needs to have either language or literacy tools to express herself... what approach will you take to support this need?
Step #3: As you may have noticed in the Case Study on occasion, Chaeryun has outbursts with loud crying and it usually results in finding out that there was some injustice or injury caused by a peer (i.e. different peer takes toys, pushes, or makes faces). It is difficult to console her and she will usually sob long and hard, resulting in a call to the parents to pick her up early due to emotional distress.
Now answer the question below:
Question #3: How you might use the information you have on the family to create a sociodramatic play scenario that Chaeryun can relate to? Tip: think outside the box about how could you tap the "family" resources.
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Assignment Guidelines:
* Should be minimum of 1 page
• Should be around 275 words
• Consider writing a paragraph for each question you answer and make sure to at least have a minimum of 5 sentences for each paragraph
• Must be in APA Format 7
• This assignment does not require citations but if you use a citation make sure its from an educational source such as an educational article that you find on the internet
• Only make a reference page if you cite anything from an educational source