Guided Play: Where Curricular Goals Meet a Playful Pedagogy

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Guided Play (2016, background): “Maintaining this balance between child leadership and adult scaffolding is the essence of guided play’s successful formula for learning (Honomichl & Chen, 2012; Weisberg et al., 2013).”
A Continuum of Play-Based Learning: The Role of the Teacher in Play-Based Pedagogy and the Fear of Hijacking Play (2017, background): “By endorsing the idea that play-based learning is fundamentally a child-directed activity (e.g., Berk & Meyers, 2013; Goouch, 2008; Weisberg et al., 2013; Weisberg, HirshPasek, & Golinkoff, 2013), it follows that teachers felt concern over meeting academic standards without imparting direction durin”
The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children (2018, background): “‍ 4, 48 This approach harkens back to Vygotsky 28 and the zone of proximal development, which represents the skills that children are unable to master on their own but able to master in the context of stable, and nurturing relationship with an adult.”