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Apr 15, 2020 · Despite this evidence, studies have also found that children often describe playing and learning as mutually exclusive. From a young age, children describe play as a freely-chosen and social activity that involves positive affect, while learning is mandatory, serious, and overseen by adults [14–20]. The methods used in many of these studies ...
- Susan M. Letourneau, David M. Sobel
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0230588
- 2020
- PLoS One. 2020; 15(4): e0230588.
- Playful Learning: A Powerful Teaching Tool
- What Is Playful Learning?
- Why Playful Learning Is Critical
- Learning Through Play: A Play Spectrum
- Next Steps For Educators
Despite its efficacy in supporting learning, play in early childhood settings has often suffered a bad reputation. Historical changes in educational philosophy tell a story of play that was excised from early childhood classrooms. The 1990s, for example, brought a dramatic change as free play and center time were replaced with rigid, skills-focused...
Playful learning describes a learning context in which children learn content while playing freely (free play or self-directed play), with teacher guidance (guided play), or in a structured game. By harnessing children’s natural curiosity and their proclivities to experiment, explore, problem solve, and stay engaged in meaningful activities—especia...
Teachers play a crucial role in creating places and spaces where they can introduce playful learning to help all children master not only content but also the skills they will need for future success. The science of learning literature (e.g., Fisher et al. 2013; Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, & Golinkoff 2013; Zosh et al. 2018) suggests that playful learni...
As noted previously, play can be thought of as lying on a spectrum that includes free play (or self-directed play), guided play, games, playful instruction, and direct instruction (Bergen 1988; Zosh et al. 2018). For the purposes of this piece, we use a spectrum that includes the first three of these aspects of playful learning, as illustrated in “...
Educators are uniquely positioned to prepare today’s children for achievement today and success tomorrow. Further, the evidence is mounting that playful pedagogies appear to be an accessible, powerful tool that harnesses the pillars of learning. This approach can be used across ages and is effective in learning across domains. By leveraging childre...
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May 18, 2023 · Picture books are part of many young children’s lives, whether at home or in early childhood or school settings. Their unique creative combinations of words and visual images can engage children’s attention, stimulate their imagination, and support their development as meaning-makers.
May 5, 2023 · By concentrating on children’s perspectives about what makes learning fun and exciting and analysing demonstrable actions and behaviours during children’s learning experiences, we can more easily capture engagement and associated learning potential.
Nov 1, 2017 · This white paper looks at the most recent research on the role and importance of play for children’s life and learning. It concludes that the evidence on learning through play is...
Nov 3, 2022 · In this study, we examined 98 play activities of children in two preschool settings, featuring 2 and 4–5-year-olds, their play with iPads and non-digital artefacts. Three analytical approaches were used: an index built on a digital play framework [Bird, Jo, and Susan Edwards. 2015.
Jun 21, 2018 · Although play is widely acknowledged as an important learning path in early childhood education, little is known about the effectiveness of play in comparison to other ways of learning in early childhood education settings.
