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Shenethia Carter 01/11/23 Learning through play Date of Study/Article 2019 Summary of Study : Children learn by being active and exploring the world around them. Play is vital to the social, cognitive and physical development of children. Learning through play developed the whole child as they experiment and try new things. They are allowed the opportunity to practice and repeat developmental skills while having fun. This study has shown that allowing a child to play is not wasted time, but rather allows the child to gain new knowledge from previous experience (Isenberg and Quisenberry, 2002). As a result of this study, more and more Early Childhood programs are adopting curriculums that are play-based learning. Play develops children's content knowledge and provides children the opportunity to develop-social skills, competences, and disposition to learn (Wood & Attifield, 2005). Play-based learning is based on a Vygotskian model of scaffolding where the teacher pays attention on specific elements of the play activity and provides encouragement and feedback on children's learning (Martlew & Ellis, 2011). According to researchers Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, "The level of children's play rises when adults play with them". Link to Study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_through_play

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