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Know about adult and child-initiated play
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'Why is child initiated play important?’ from the Early Years Careers website.
'Playing to learn: A guide to child-led play and its importance for thinking and learning’ produced by Bi Chilvers for ATL,
'Child-initiated learning’ from the Teaching Expertise website
'Responding to Children’s Spontaneous Experimentation’ from Childhood 101
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Click to read ‘Six steps to successful child-initiated learning in early years’ on the TES website.
This document ‘Learning, Playing and Interacting: Good practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage’ from National Strategies contains sections on ‘How children learn’, ‘Learning and teaching through play’, and ‘Playful learning and playful teaching’.
Early Years Careers has some suggestions for ‘Adult-led outdoor games’.
This article from Nature Play examines ‘The adult role in child-led play – how to become a learning ally’.
‘Getting the right balance between adult-led and child-initiated learning’ is from The Optimus Blog.
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