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Psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the Child Self-Report Playfulness questionnaire [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Playfulness represents the disposition to play and has important mental health benefits. Children’s playfulness is mainly rated by parents, teachers or trained assessors but playfulness is not always reflected in overt behavior.
Rianne L. van de Weitgraven, Brenda R. J. Jansen, Els Spaargaren, Arne Popma, Kim J. Oostrom, Tycho J. Dekkers   +5 more
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Short playful interactions improve executive functions in children [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Executive Functions (EFs) are foundational for lifelong flourishing, supporting critical capacities such as planning, decision-making, and self-regulation.
Daniela Yaffe, Limor Shtoots, Omer Kochav Isakow, Yuval Daniel, Omer Reuveni, Shoshi Keisari, Yulia Golland   +6 more
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Quality of parent–child interaction in underserved migrant areas in Kyrgyz Republic: a pilot study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background After societal change in Kyrgyz Republic, the pattern of parent–child interaction in the changing parenting culture is an important factor influencing the positive development of Kyrgyz children.
Dahae Rim, Hyunsook Shin, Soonyoung Shon, Hyunhee Ma, Medina Muratbekova, Erlan Muratovich Akimbaev, Zamira Buzurmanovna Babalieva, Nuraiym Talapovna Djumaeva, Aijamal Ashimbekovna Tentieva   +8 more
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The Associations Between Parental Playfulness, Parenting Styles, the Coparenting Relationship and Child Playfulness [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
Audrey-Ann Deneault, , Harshita Seal
exaly   +2 more sources

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð, Anna Magnea Hreinsdóttir, Adrijana Visnjic‐Jevtic, Alison Clark   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their playfulness and inquisitiveness

Frontiers in Education, 2023
Recognizing one’s own playfulness is important for early childhood education (ECE) teachers, who are responsible for organizing and implementing child-initiated pedagogy in ECE centers.
Tarja-Riitta Hurme, Signe Siklander, Marjaana Kangas, Anitta Melasalmi   +3 more
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Agentic playful pre-service teachers: positionings from teacher-initiated playful teacher to community-shared playful teacher

Frontiers in Education, 2023
Play and playfulness are understood as basic and vital elements of early childhood education (ECE), and together with playful pedagogies, they perform a central role in Finnish ECE.
Anitta Melasalmi, Signe Siklander, Marjaana Kangas, Tarja-Riitta Hurme   +3 more
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Play and playfulness in early childhood education and care. [PDF]

Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2015
Play and playfulness are basic features in early childhood education. The elements of play are pleasure, a sense of freedom, and the co-construction of shared meaning through the use of rules or rhythms.
Singer E.
doaj   +1 more source

Playfulness and Creativity as Vital Features when School Children Develop Game-based Designs

Designs for Learning, 2022
The presence of digital technologies in classroom settings is relentlessly getting stronger and has shown to have powerful playful qualities. In recent years, digital game-based learning (DGBL) has been introduced in schools.
Eva Brooks, Jeanette Sjöberg
doaj   +1 more source