Read Smith & Pelligrini (2013)

Watch Importance of Play (I suggest completing this handout while watching this video)

Watch Power of Play (I suggest completing this handout while watching the video)

Watch theese 2 Social Stages of Play videos (I suggest completing this chart while watching the videos):

Review Types of Play handout

After reading, watching the videos and reviewing the handout, answer the following questions:

1. Why is play important in early childhood?
2. What do children learn through play?
3. How can teachers support play for :
   1. Infants toddlers?
   2. Preschool age children?
   3. Young school age children?
4. What are the stages of play?
5. What happens at each stage?
6. What are the types of play?
7. Explain what children do in each type of play.
8. What would you say to a new staff member who was recently started working with you and expressed concern that all the children did was play all day and they were not learning.

Watch the videos below.  For each video, answer the following questions:

1. What types of play do you see in the video? What evidence from the video supports your answer?
2. What stages of play do you observe in the video? What evidence from the video supports your answer?

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Video #4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdOwvZwiYwk

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Video #6:

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