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Early Childhood News
Defines play and why it is important for children cognitively, socially, emotionally, and physically. Informs teachers on how they can connect play in the classroom.
Creative Play Learning Part One
Creative Play Learning Part Two
Play goes beyond elementary school. Children need to still explore their own reading topics and learn through investigations. Explains how standardize testing can led to the inability of teaching play throughout the curriculum.
Play Fun School
Explains why constant play is important, “Let's not ‘push down’ the curriculum. Let's allow children to discover letters, numbers, colors, and language in a way that also teaches socialization, imagination, values, and joy.”
Child Research
Video games can be challenging and exercise children’s minds.
Ask Nanny
Labels play into categories: baby play, domestic play, physical play, & creative play.
How We Learn To Work
Explains the importance of play and labels play into six categories: unoccupied play, solitary play, onlooker play, parallel play, associative play, and cooperative play.
Open Learn
Explores many different play perspectives: questions, dilemmas, and role of play.
Play Modification
Explains play modifications for children with disabilities.
You Tube: The World Needs Play
Explains the importance of play for children.
You Tube: All They Do is Play Part II
Play helps children grow and develop, and an adult can help simulate play among children.
You Tube: Pretend Play-tulsaworld.com
This video focuses on one form of play; pretend play, where children are engaged in make believe activity. During this type of play children are often taking the role; for example, playing house. This type of play is voluntary and open ended allowing children to use their imaginations.
Importance of Play
This video discusses the importance of unstructured play for children, and play materials for children to use in these situations.
Play Alliance
This document outlines the importance of play and the benefits of play including physical development, academics, social and emotional learning, and the joy they get from play.
How to Keep Children at the Center of Your Program: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing a Play-Base by Miriam Brookfield
This article outlines the basis of play based curriculums walks you through the steps of implementing it into your classroom. The website also provides a sample schedule that is conducive to the play-based learning style of a school day.
Let the Children Play: Nature’s Answer to Early Learning
The article addresses major ideas concerning play and its benefits for early learning. It covers why play is essential for optimal development, the changing nature of children’s play, what children learn from play, and how to create opportunities for play.
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