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Ine H. van Liempd; Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz; Paul P. M. Leseman – Child Development, 2025
Object exploration is considered a driver of motor, cognitive, and social development. However, little is known about how early childhood education and care settings facilitate object exploration. This study examined if children's exploration of objects during free play was facilitated by the use of particular spatial components (floor, tables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Object Manipulation
Alfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; Bracken, Bruce A., Ed.; Nagle, Richard J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
"Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children," Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Educational Assessment, Preschool Children, Psychoeducational Methods
Galenson, Eleanor; And Others – 1969
The play behavior of young children is viewed as a behavioral manifestation of nonverbal thinking. Discussed are issues of relevance to the understanding of the development of thought in general and of the symbolic function in particular. A line of development is proposed which leads from early nonverbal thought as manifested in play, either…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Nonverbal Learning
Meckley, Alice M. – 1994
A study investigated the nature of the social construction of play events by a group of twelve 4- and 5-year-old children and the ways in which these play constructions are maintained over an extended period of time. The 5-month study was conducted in a nursery school classroom during the children's self-selected playtime. Data collection included…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Games, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication
Vandenberg, Brian – 1978
This experiment investigates the relation of a free play experience to subsequent performance on problem solving tasks among children aged 4 to 10. Ninety children were divided into 3 age groups and were assigned in pairs of free play and non-play treatment conditions. Children were paired by block design test scores to control for perceptual…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Elementary School Students, Object Manipulation

Pellegrini, A. D.; Perlmutter, Jane C. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1987
Describes factor analysis of preschool children's play behavior, as measured by the Smilansky-Parten play matrix. Varimax rotation solution suggests three factors: Dramatic-Constructive Play, Solitary Behavior, and Functional-Constructive Play. Study suggests that these factors represent constructs of preschoolers' play. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Education

Trevlas, Efthimios; Grammatikopoulous, Vasilios; Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
Examined the underlying structure and factorial validity of the Children's Playfulness Scale in evaluating preschool children's behavior. Found that factor loadings, factor variances/covariances, and error variances/covariances are invariant across calibration and validation groups, indicating the good cross-generalizability of the scale. (JPB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Personality Traits, Play

Vandenberg, Brian – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Results indicated that different types of play environment strongly influence preschool children's types of social play and play group size. Differences in cognitive level and social egocentrism influenced the choice of play environment. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cooperation

Pellegrini, Anthony D. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
To investigate the development of preschoolers' social-cognitive play behaviors, ten preschoolers (two, three and four years old) were observed in their classrooms on 15 occasions by a time-sampling schedule. Social-cognitive behavior coding (Parten and Smilansky) indicates that children's play became more social as they grew older. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development
Keogh, William J.; And Others – 1973
This study analyzed the effect of (1) teacher priming and (2) the presence of novel gross motor play equipment on peer interaction. The subject was a 2 1/2-year-old boy who seldom interacted with his classmates in a toddler class. In the teacher priming condition, teachers verbally and nonverbally prompted the subject to interact with peers, while…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Equipment, Peer Relationship, Play
Ford, Phyllis – 1983
Numerous physical, mental, and behavioral activities that parents and their 3- to 5-year-old children can enjoy together are suggested in this activity guidebook. The guide suggests ways parents can give their children a good start at developing the abilities and ideas that are fundamental to all future learning at home before the children begin…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning

Fantuzzo, John; McWayne, Christy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Relationships between parental report of children's peer play at home and indicators of children's school readiness were examined. Behavior ratings and observational data were collected for preschool children from an urban Head Start program. Play competencies exhibited in the home environment were significantly associated with prosocial behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Family Environment, Interpersonal Competence
Paulu, Nancy; Greene, Wilma P., Ed. – 1992
This booklet suggests ways for parents to help their preschool children grow, develop, and have fun learning. A brief opening section called "Learning Begins Early" provides a general context for the book. The second section, on what it means to be ready for school, describes the qualities and skills that youngsters need to get a good start in…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Games

DiLalla, Lisabeth F. – Child Study Journal, 1998
Explored interrelationships among day-care experience, temperament, and preschoolers' social behaviors in a peer play laboratory. Found that sex predicted both aggressive and prosocial behaviors, and daycare inhibited socialization for some children. Findings suggest that variables of temperament and day-care experience are important to consider…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects, Family Influence