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Mouthing and Fingering Affect the Achievement of Play Milestones
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Orr, Edna – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The current study is the first to examine the role of exploration in play milestones development using a multi-measure micro-analytic approach. Fifteen infants, between the ages of 8 and 17 months, were observed in their natural home environment once a month for a one--hour session; their spontaneous mouthing and fingering and their play level…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Play, Discovery Learning
Infant Exuberant Object Play at Home: Immense Amounts of Time-Distributed, Variable Practice
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Herzberg, Orit; Fletcher, Katelyn K.; Schatz, Jacob L.; Adolph, Karen E.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. – Child Development, 2022
Object play yields enormous benefits for infant development. However, little is known about natural play at home where most object interactions occur. We conducted frame-by-frame video analyses of spontaneous activity in two 2-h home visits with 13-month-old crawling infants and 13-, 18-, and 23-month-old walking infants (N = 40; 21 boys; 75%…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Play, Object Manipulation