Resources

What We Know About Play:
A Walk through the Selected Research

- Investigations into why play is useful for children, i.e. what happens within the activity of play that makes it such an effective learning tool

- Documentation about the impact of various approaches to using play as a learning tool, i.e. what works in classrooms and other settings for young children as well as studies about play behaviors that may not be healthy for kids.

Theories about child development
Want to go back to the starting point for much of today's thinking about play? Start with the theorists who articulated the frameworks most subsequent scholars have used to shape their studies. You'll want to explore:

- Jean Piaget, who focuses on learning that happens through play with objects, symbolic play, and games with rules. You'll find it all in Play, Dreams and Imitation in Childhood.

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