Studies of play often involve face-to-face research with children in settings such as homes, schools, and playgrounds. The COVID-19 pandemic affected children's play in many significant ways; yet, traditional in-person research methods were not possible due to restrictions such as lockdowns, school closures, and social distancing. "A National…

This case study examines the complexities of rapid-response data collection via the Play Observatory project's online qualitative survey of children, families, and child-oriented organizations. This research took place during a global pandemic and combined data collection with cataloguing and preserving materials for future research. Placing…

This study's original data were collected in interviews with 23 pioneer leaders of early childhood education in Aotearoa, New Zealand. They were asked to remember play, free play and learning through play. Their collective experiences cover over 60 years of 'the everyday' recalled in the local array of diverse early childhood services as well as…

This case study examines how performative methodologies can offer opportunities for children to represent their emerging knowledges of the "constructed" and "embodied" dimensions of emotional experiences. I show how children's dramatised performances reveal how they appropriate the discourses of emotion (constructed emotion)…

This workshop kit (an 18-minute videotape, 15 student worksheets, and a teacher's guide) is designed to help children in grades K-2 grasp the meaning of responsibility and to recognize the importance of being a responsible person. The videotape contains a variety of scenarios that show children taking on varying degrees of responsibility. Each of…

Parents who abuse their children are found to lack adequate knowledge of child development and child rearing, and to exhibit a tendency toward more negative and less positive parent-child interactions and a tendency for anger responses to occur in every day child rearing situations. The Institute for Mental Health Initiatives (IMHI) pilot tested a…

In this 36-minute educational video, a play and family therapist elucidates the nature of trauma, how to recognize it clinically, and how to manage its powerful effects upon children's development with the use of specific play materials and techniques. With a reenacted clinical interview, footage from an actual play therapy session, and a detailed…

This 40-minute instructional video illustrates the unique benefits of play therapy for children who have been physically or sexually abused. It describes how play activities fit into the reparative process and provides helpful pointers for practice. The uses of art supplies, the sandtray, puppets, dollhouse, masks, and more are highlighted.…

Intended for parents of children ages 2 to 10 years, this videotape offers parents alternative strategies to yelling, threatening, and putting down for dealing with children's challenging behaviors. The 35-minute video features scenarios of four common, challenging behaviors: (1) when children are very active; (2) when they get angry; (3) when…

This resource kit endeavors to help educators focus on particular aspects of the development of a child's self-concept by using selected artworks from the J. B. Speed Art Museum (Kentucky) collection as a starting point for discussion and examination of child development. Young people will explore the experiences that will affect future choices…

This book provides parents with guidance for handling a variety of common behavior problems based on the behavioral approach to child rearing and discipline. This approach suggests that good and bad behavior are both learned and can be changed, and proposes specific methods, skills, procedures, and strategies for parents to use in getting improved…

Noting that observation forms the basis of all developmentally appropriate programming, this videotape helps new and experienced early childhood educators learn about children so they can individualize their program; evaluate programs so adjustments can be made to the environment, the curriculum, or both; and measure children's progress and their…