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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
There are a number of children in New Zealand who, during their pre-school years regularly use a language other than English. They use it at home with their parents, and at play with their...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Putting things in order is an important way of organising them. Children who can organise objects, according to colour, or size, or what they are used for, are well on the way to being able to...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
We in Australia and New Zealand are proud of the way we broke free of the British class system when we set up our own nations. In the new lands Jack and Jill became as good as the Master and...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article considers the important matter of language availability in the lives of babies and children. Without this language availability, knowing, thinking, and expression cannot blossom and...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set 2018_2_040.pdf | Content type: Set article
Currently early childhood teachers often ask parents or whānau to write comments in response to their child’s Learning Story. However, it can be difficult to obtain a contribution that leads...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The connecting role of playfulness in young children’s communication is explored with a specific focus on children’s playful narratives. Such narratives are useful frameworks for teachers’...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Strategies to support children’s active participation in research about them or the conditions of childhood are investigated in this article. Some participatory-research approaches used with children...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The main findings from a literature review exploring thinking skills in the early years (for children aged three to seven) are summarised, and some practical recommendations for teachers seeking to...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
This article summarises the main findings from a literature review exploring thinking skills in the early years (for children aged 3 to 7) and provides some practical recommendations for teachers...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article