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Understand types of play for children

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‘Learning and developing through play’ by Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework

Click to read the sections about the different types of play, the role of the adult in play, and the adult’s changing role in play during early childhood.

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Click to read ’16 different types of play’ on the Encourage Play website.
‘What is heuristic play?’ is an article from the Community Playthings website.
Read through this article on ‘The theory of loose parts’ from the Reading Play website and evaluate which resources would support loose play.
‘Getting the right balance between adult-led and child-initiated learning’ from The Optimus Blog.

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