This article focuses on the development of forms of vitality play, a recently described type of play, and links it to the development of symbolic play, one of the most studied types of play in developmental psychology. Two ...

This article addresses the importance of play in learning, thinking, and development, and seeks to show that the serious business of teaching is not incompatible with the serious business of play. It provides examples of ...

The aim of this article is to verify how a type of spatial arrangement, the role-playing scenarios, in the early Early Childhood Education (ECE), impacts the play, enhancing development processes of preschoolers. The ...

Children's play is often trivialized and is generally assumed to be something "easy," non-serious, simply fun, and interesting. This study questions adult-centric constructions and assumptions of play as trivial, enjoyable, ...

Using data from a diverse sample of low‐income families who participated in the Early Head Start Research Evaluation Project (n = 73), we explored the association between mothers’ and fathers’ playfulness with toddlers, ...

Using data from a diverse sample of low‐income families who participated in the Early Head Start Research Evaluation Project (n = 73), we explored the association between mothers’ and fathers’ playfulness with toddlers, ...

A guide to the UWI Extra Mural play scripts.