Know about adult and child-initiated play
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- '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
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- 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.
- Extended Learning
- Extended Learning
- Think And Challenge
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