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Young children often play fantasy or pretend games. It's especially common between about 2 and 7 years or age. It starts in simple ways. The Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget described how...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
For some years now we have been studying the behaviour of preschool children in nurseries and playgroups. From our early observations a feature which most caught our attention was the difference...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How can theatre and education be combined to benefit pupils? In this article, Carey English and Pat Broadhead look at play-based learning and the growth of creativity in young children, as supported...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Well directed play can help children overcome their fears and phobias. Two case studies from a leading American play therapist.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Children often enjoy play fighting and wrestling together. From the preschool years onwards, this kind of play - often called rough-and-tumble play - is a common feature of school playgrounds or any...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Much of our current educational practice is based on the assumption that play is important to children - indeed that it is essential to their growth and development. We also assume that adults,...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
American children's freewheeling play once took place in rural fields and city streets, using equipment largely of their own making. Today, play is increasingly confined to backyards, basements,...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Published 101 years ago by an anonymous author, a small pamphlet extolled the virtues of votes for women. Here is the original re-written as a play for schools and any other group.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article is written in response to listening to teachers query the place of fun in learning. Students often express that learning should be fun but teachers are often unsure what they mean by...
| Year published: 2023 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article