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The value of play to young children

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About the importance of play in developing ideas, skills and information
About the role of play in developing muscles, bones, emotions and language
How childcare practitioners can support play

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Learning and developing through play’ from the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework.
'The twelve feature of play’ from Tina Bruce.
‘Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five’, published by the Department for Education
'The Adult Role in Child-led Play – How to Become a Learning Ally’ on the Nature Play website.
'Heuristic play’ from Community Playthings.
Laser reading text: Understand play at different stages of children’s development’
‘An essential guide to interactions’ from Nursery World.
‘Development Matters’ from the Department for Education

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