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Direct linkElkind, David – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
In this article, the author discusses the importance of early childhood play. Play is simply shorthand for everyone's capacity for curiosity, imagination, and fantasy--everyone's creative dispositions. What makes play unique is that it enables everyone to create new learning experiences. To illustrate, an infant who drops a rattle from the crib,…
Descriptors: Play, Fantasy, Learning Readiness, Experiential Learning
