Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549575
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Play and the Arts: The Importance of the "Unimportant."
Balke, Eva
Childhood Education, v73 n6 p355-60 International Focus Issue 1997
Argues that children need play time to explore the world because it is valuable, irreplaceable, spontaneous, and provides situations where children can learn with all their senses. Examines play in terms of its role in exploration, imagination, creative activity, work, learning, knowledge expansion, art, and the culture of children. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Child Behavior, Child Development, Childrens Art, Childrens Games, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development, Play
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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