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Understand types of play for children

This video from the Early Years Alliance is on ‘Treasure baskets’. Watch the video and make notes on how these resources can be used for physical, creative, imaginative, sensory and heuristic play.

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Learning and developing through play’ by Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework
‘Child-Initiated Play’ on the Twinkl website
‘The Importance of Sensory Play for Early Years’ from the Early Years Resources website.
‘The benefits of creative play’ from Rhino Play
‘The benefits of imaginative play and how to encourage it’ on the Play Like Mum website.
‘The power of play’ from Play Scotland
‘What Is Heuristic Play and Why Is It Good for Our Children?’ from the Schoolhouse website
Laser Learning reading text ‘Understand how play develops'

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

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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