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Children play for several reasons, including enjoyment, exploring the world, escaping reality, learning to handle unexpected situations, and expressing emotions.

Structured play follows specific rules and often has a competitive element.

Unstructured play allows children to explore their interests, needs, and talents.

Spelen is enjoyment and playfulness without a goal; spel is an activity with rules and competition

Play is crucial for children, providing insights into their discoveries, growth in autonomy, creativity and talents, their own feelings, and the environment.

Children explore and experiment through play, learning about cause and effect.

Play allows children to step away from everyday issues and create their own imaginative worlds.

Children use play to understand others, manage emotions, and develop social skills.

Situations where children or young people show low well-being, or low engagement levels, observed for documentation purposes.

Supporting quality improvement in work, not a goal in itself.

Documentation should not delay direct support needed for children or young people's well-being or engagement.

Includes full sentences in present tense, focuses on relevant, specific, detailed, and concrete pedagogical elements; avoids value judgments, assumptions and extreme language, describes indicators of well-being and engagement.

Clear signs of discomfort in the observed child, such as crying, panic, anger, physical tension, thumb-sucking, or lack of responsiveness.

Child showing discomfort, but less pronounced signals than "Very Low" level.

Appears 'unmoved'. No sadness or discomfort, but also no noticeable happiness or satisfaction. Limited emotion in their expression.

Clear signals of satisfaction; this positive feeling, however, doesn't need to be consistently present through the whole observation.

Showing sensitivity and responsiveness to a child's feelings, creating a safe environment. Supporting and validating their emotions.

Possible explanations for a child's behavior, presented as tentative ideas, rather than definitive conclusions, with supporting reasons.

Situational elements (personality, background) that influence a child's feelings and behavior.

A child's current stage of growth and maturity. This influences emotional responses.

Actions showing warmth, support, and understanding of a child's emotional needs, tailored to the individual.

Current decisions and actions have consequences for a child's future well-being.

Balancing the needs of individual children within the needs of the group in childcare settings.

Using various methods like eye contact, body language, verbal cues, humor, and creative techniques to help children communicate and express themselves.

The child shows clear signs of feeling great and enjoying themselves throughout the observation. This includes happiness, excitement, relaxation, and confidence.

The child shows almost no activity, lacking concentration, and displaying a passive attitude; no signs of interest are evident.

The child shows some activity but it's often interrupted. They have limited concentration, are easily distracted, and their actions yield limited results.

The child is active but not truly focused. Their activity is fleeting, with limited motivation and a lack of deep engagement; and their skills are not fully utilized.

The child shows clear signs of involvement, but the level isn't always consistent. Overall engagement is present, with occasional lapses in attention. The child uses their abilities.

Analyzing and interpreting the recorded observations, and scores of well-being and engagement.

A proposed explanation for the observations, which is considered a possible cause for the recorded data.

Analyzing the objective data and interpreting the findings carefully by the professional.

Opportunity for children to explore and handle materials that might cause risk but are educational.

Learning opportunity that builds fine motor skills through handling potentially risky materials.

Playing in areas with inherent dangers, different from using dangerous objects.

Play involving physical contact, pushing and pulling, to learn boundaries and social interaction skills.

Play involving physical impact, like a collision or bump, allowing hands-on experience.

Play happening outside of adult's view, requiring children to practice independence.

Watching others take risks, fostering excitement and a learning environment through vicarious experience.

Development of large body movements during active play, such as running, jumping, etc.

Delaying an activity (uitstel) is different from canceling it (afstel).

Observing children carefully and systematically to support them.

A stimulating environment providing acceptable risks for children's exploration.

Organized activities that intentionally involve manageable risks.

Helping children develop the ability to manage risks in play.

Intervening in dangerous situations for a child or others.

Risks that are acceptable for a child's development.

Helping children feel safe and supported to explore and play.