Child Development Promotion through Local Wisdom Practice : การส่งเสริมพัฒนาการเด็กปฐมวัยโดยใช้ภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่น

Abstract

          The development of Thai preschool children tends to be delayed in all aspects due to the lack of opportunity to receive appropriate stimulation or promotion from parents and child caretakers and the change of social and environmental conditions. The parents' allowance for children to play alone with smartphones and tablets many hours per day also cause delayed development. Preschool child playing is important for child development and learning because it leading to the learning process of children in the future. Therefore, the parents and child caretakers need to understand and be able to apply toys or play activities to their children appropriately, which would enable children to gain development in physical, emotional, social and intellectual aspects, as appropriate as their age. The media made from natural and scrap materials for preschool children are most economical. These materials not only are economical but also conserve the natural environment and the toy culture from Thai local wisdom. In addition, they encourage the parent and caretaker to build the family relationship and the communities to participate in promoting child development by using local wisdom to produce toys or organize various activities. This may be a solution to reduce the number of preschool children with developmental delay.

Keywords : Child Development Promotion, Local Wisdom