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Direct linkRusso, James – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2023
This activity provides students with opportunities to practice addition strategies and explore probability in this adaptation of the classic probability game Greedy Pig. To play, you will need a 6-sided dice, a number chart, and a brown counter to represent the mouse, and a yellow counter to represent the cheese. The game is suitable for two or…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Educational Games, Addition, Probability
Marwick, Helen; Jarvie, Karena; Cowie, Hilary; Johnston, Lorna; Hammond-Evans, Nicola; Cockayne, Rachael – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
A repeated measures single subject design was used to examine the effectiveness of a joint play approach embedded in professional practice, in supporting pretend play for autistic children. Seven autistic children, aged 5-8 years, with a placement within a specialist educational provision, and who demonstrated restricted play, participated in…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Program Effectiveness
Download full textLim, Fei Victor; Toh, Weimin – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
Mobile devices have become increasingly ubiquitous in the contemporary communication landscape. Riding this trend, educational apps have proliferated the market, with many which claim to support and improve children's learning and literacy development. Caregivers are often faced with the challenge of discerning the value of these educational apps…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Play, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
Zi Juan Cheng; Chun Xiao Ma; Runke Huang; Ying Bai – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
In recent years, the concept of "deeper learning" has generated great interest in the field of preschool education in China. However, deep learning in the preschool stage is different from that in school education, as it requires explaining content characteristics, developing observational tools to identify deep learning, and exploring…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Learning Processes, Play
Lisa Raymond-Tolan – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2025
Engaging in play constitutes a fundamental theoretical concept and skill set emphasized in occupational therapy (OT) education. According to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), play is a key occupation and a core context for development and learning. However, there is a paucity of evidence about if and how entry-level OT programs…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Occupational Therapy, Play, College Faculty
Amber Beisly; Anne Moffitt – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
When children engage in play, they develop essential skills like creativity, flexibility, imagination, and problem-solving. Children who engage in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) activities also build similar skills. Both play and STEAM enable children to ask questions, try different solutions, and develop explanations for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
Anna Henriksson; Lotta Leden; Marie Fridberg; Susanne Thulin – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This article attempts to address the challenge that preschool teachers face, when integrating a specific content area, science, with play. The study builds on the theoretical framework of Play-Responsive Early Childhood Education and Care (PRECEC), in which teaching, and play are understood as a mutual activity. In this mutual activity, teachers…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Young Children
Junqing Zhai; Simone Miranda Blom; Justin Dillon; Shanghao Wu; Xiaomei Yan – Environmental Education Research, 2025
Engagement with nature is crucial for child development and kindergarten educators' pedagogical beliefs about nature play significantly affect children's access to and experiences of nature in kindergarten. This study examines the role of nature play in children's holistic development, engaging 12 Chinese kindergarten educators through in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Merel van Witteloostuijn; Athena Haggiyannes; Elise de Bree; Elma Blom – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: It is widely acknowledged that parental input plays an important role in typical language development. Less is known about the input provided to children with (suspected) developmental language disorder (DLD) or those at risk for DLD. These children may not benefit from parental input in the same way as their typically developing peers,…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Language Acquisition
Natacha Ndabahagamye Jones; Jennifer Keys Adair – Urban Education, 2025
Black girls' schooling experiences and capabilities are understudied. Their brilliance eludes neoliberal early childhood contexts characterized by control, standardization, hyper-individualism, and antiblackness. This article builds on Black Girlhood frameworks and Engaged Pedagogy to center 11 Black girls in three Texas PreK classrooms. In a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Classroom Environment, Peer Relationship
Mei-Ying Liao; Lee-Chen Chen; Po-Ya Huang – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The aim of this study was to explore the use of in-between spaces to create music environments in a preschool setting. The research method was a 1.5-year case study of a preschool in northern Taiwan, focusing on innovative music environment creation in the in-between space. The implementation process was divided into three stages: exploration,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Classroom Environment
Rachel. J. Nesbit; Lily FitzGibbon; Helen. F. Dodd – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Using data from the British Children's Play Survey, we aimed to characterise parents' perception of play in school and to examine to what extent perceptions were accounted for by socio-demographic factors, geographic factors, and parents' attitudes towards risk in play and protection from injury. Participants were 1919 parents (54% female) of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Play, Foreign Countries, Social Influences
Hui Zhao; Ying Huang; Bangdan Liu; Mengjiao Han – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
Multilevel scientific creativity of college students has gained increasing scholarly attention. However, the double-edged effects of a playful climate on creativity have often been overlooked, while single-level theoretical frameworks have hindered the understanding of complex scientific creative processes. In this review, the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Science, Science Education
Hanna Palmér; Camilla Björklund – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2025
There is a growing consensus in research that children's numerical competence starts to develop at a very early age. However, there are few tools for screening the development of early numerical competence and thereby making this development researchable. One obstacle in designing such tools is that verbal utterances cannot be used as the primary…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Education, Numeracy, Screening Tests
Tess Allegra Forest; Layla Bradford; Lorna Ginnell; Maroussia Berger; Donna Herr; Emmie Mbale; Kavindya Dalawella; Chloë A. Jacobs; Chikondi Mchazime; Celia D'Amato; Zamazimba Madi; Pious Clifford Mkaka; Claudia Espinoza-Heredia; Tembeka Mhlakwaphalwa; Vukiwe Ngoma; Monique Gilmore; Marlie Miles; Jinge Ren; Nwabisa Mlandu; Reese Samuels; Michal R. Zieff; Melissa Gladstone; Kirsten A. Donald; Dima Amso – Child Development, 2025
Cognitive development is associated with how predictable caregivers are, but the mechanisms driving this are unclear. One possibility is caregiver predictability initially shapes how infants gather information for learning. Here, caregiver-infant dyads (N = 222, 2-6-months-old, all female caregivers; data collected 2022-2023) in South Africa and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Infants, Eye Movements
