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BUTTON PUSHING, DOOR OPENING, AND DOORBELL RINGING
In PlaySpace, we have many ways for children to interact with their environment. They may press a button, they may ring a doorbell. They may open and close a door,. A child pushes a button, opens and closes a door, and rings a doorbell for several reasons.
1. He or she simply wants to see what will happen.
2. He or she likes the idea that pushing a button makes something happen.
However, it depends on the age of the child, if he/she understands the cause and effect in the situation. The cause-the button being pushing, the effect, something happening.
3. There is also a sense of power and control. There are a lot of things that happen in a child's life, that he or she does not have control of. Pushing a button, and then getting a result is something a child has control of. Thus, there is excitment and power in the pushing of a button.
