Play, Development and Early Education

By James E. Johnson, James F. Christie, F. Wardle. 2004

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Does Play Make a Difference? How Play Intervention Affects the Vocabulary Learning of At-Risk Preschoolers. (2010, background): “Extensive research suggests that children benefit from both unstructured play and from teacher-guided play (Johnson et al. 2005; Van Hoorn et al. 2003).”
Differences in practitioners’ understanding of play and how this influences pedagogy and children’s perceptions of play (2011, background): “…play activities has been increasing, although the quality of this involvement is questionable, with evidence that practitioners are more concerned with managing and monitoring than with playing with children and supporting their development (Johnson et al. 2005; Garrick et al. 2010; Howard 2010).”