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Thunder, Kateri; Hattie, John; Almarode, John T.; Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Demchak, Alisha – Theory Into Practice, 2023
This article seeks to reframe how early childhood educators think about their role in play by answering these questions: What really matters in play? How should we spend our time and energy planning, implementing, and building our expertise around play in early childhood teaching and learning? The answers reside in 5 big ideas from play research…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Language Acquisition