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Development of mental, social and motor skills throughsome local Nigerian games and toys
Ayotola Aremu1 and Adefunke Ekine21Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria.2Department of Educational foundations, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Nigeria.Accepted 19 July, 2012
Play to the child is large assortment of activity that promotes his or her total development. When a childis allowed free play these results in total adjustment, character training, satisfaction, problem solvingskills and education among many others. Nigerian children generally practice local games that enablethem to socialize with their peers. This paper is an attempt to investigate the local games played bychildren and the developmental skills associated with the same games. Two hundred and thirty childrenwere involved in the research from four public and four private schools. Ten local games weredescribed and the children's awareness of the games and impact were discussed. The paper was ableto show the local games and the effect on the development of skills in childrenKeywords:Games,Skills,Children,Socialize,Peers,Schools,Charactertraining,Adjustment,Satisfaction,Education
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