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Can Classroom Play Ease the Transition to a New Culture? Applying Research on Young Children from Puerto Rico
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Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
It is generally accepted in the fields of both education and psychology that play can help young children cope with troubling circumstances in their lives. It would be logical to assume that play activities may be ideal for assisting children whose families have immigrated to the United States in adjusting to the puzzling, and even frightening,…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Cultural Relevance