Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Play

Play helps children learn to understand themselves and get along with others; explore their environment; investigate science, math, and literacy; learn about their communities; and much more. The articles in this collection emphasize the importance of play - from infancy through the primary grades - to support and scaffold children’s play and connect play to learning.

Emphasize the importance of play and learning from infancy through the primary grades

Discover ways to provide a strong curricular approach for young children’s learning while endorsing a playful pedagogy. The articles in this collection emphasize using play to promote children’s skills in problem solving, decision making, and self-regulation; engaging diverse learners in play activities; and partnering with families to further children’s playful learning. Specific topics include ways educators can:

Support infants’ and toddlers’ active explorations with sensory activities and unique materials
Provide opportunities for children to engage in active, physical play
Guide children’s learning through art play
Communicate to others the importance and value of play for children from birth through third grade

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