Thématiques
- (2025). Using guided constructive play to enhance instructional support in 4-year-old preschool classes.
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, prepublication.
- Fox, E.G., Lang, S.N. et Tebben, E.(2025). Planning for Play in Early Childhood Classrooms.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 53(1), 233-244.
- Henriksson, A., Leden, L., Fridberg, M. et Thulin, S.(2025). Play-Activities with Scientific Content in Early Childhood Education.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 53(1), 261-270.
- Iivonen, S., Kettukangas, T., Soini, A. et Viholainen, H.(2025). Sand Play and 0- to 8-Year-Old Children's Physical, Cognitive and Socioemotional Outcomes: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.
Child: Care, Health and Development, 51(1), article e70034.
- Lee, J., Yunus, S. et Lee, J.O.(2025). Investigating Children's Programming Skills Through Play with Robots (KIBO).
Early Childhood Education Journal, 53(1), 109-117.
- Ylikörkkö, E. M., Karjalainen, S. et Puroila, A. M.(2025). Toddlers with the Doll Carriage: Children Doing Space of Participation in Early Childhood Education.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 53(1), 329-340.
- Bitew, W. B. et Sewagegn, A. A.(2024). Exploring pretend play and creativity development among preschool children in Northern Ethiopia: a collective case study.
Education 3-13, 52(2), 240-250.
- Moon-Seo, S. K., Munsell, S. E. et Kim, N.(2024). Mothers’ and Fathers’ Perceptions of Children’s Play.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 52(2), 373-385.
- Serino, G., Mareschal, D., Scerif, G., Kirkham, N.(2024). Playing hide and seek: Contextual regularity learning develops between 3 and 5 years of age.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 238, article 105795.
- Shamsudin, I. D., Kadar, M., Rasdi, H. F. M., Brown, T., Bacotang, J. et Dzainudin, M.(2024). Pretend play of young children in the Malaysian context.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 32(1), 37-51.
- Wu, A., Tian, Y., Chen, S. et Cui, L.(2024). Do Playful Parents Raise Playful Children? A Mixed Methods Study to Explore the Impact of Parental Playfulness on Children’s Playfulness.
Early Education and Development, 35(2), 283-306.
- Karlsen, L., Rydland, V., Solheim Buøen, E., Vandell, D. L. et Lekhal, R.(2024). The factor structures of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System Pre-K and mature play observation tool in multi-ethnic Norwegian early childhood centers.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(1), 106-121.
- Sullu, B.(2024). Children's access to play during the COVID-19 pandemic in the urban context in Turkey.
Children’s Geographies, 22(1), 182-187.
- Beisly, A.(2024). Exploration and Dramatizing: Theoretical Foundations for The Development of Approaches to Learning Through Play.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 52(4), 815-824.
- Aguilar, S. F.(2024). Play-based learning concept and development of teaching among kindergarten teachers.
European Journal of Education Studies, 11(6), 51-84.
- Akdemir, K. et Sevimli-Celik, S.(2024). Brick classroom & Block classroom: preschoolers’ spatial and architectural design skills during constructive play.
International Journal of Play, 13(1), 20-40.
- Charalampous, A. et Sidiropoulou, T.(2024). A threefold approach to children’s choice of play in the school and family environment.
European Journal of Education Studies, 11(5), 21-41.
- Chu, C. P. Y., McLean, K. et Edwards, S.(2024). Parents’ practices of co-play in a community playgroup.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(2), 272-284.
- Eboo Alwani, S., Day, N. et Kulkarni, K.(2024). Making space for play in the global post-COVID landscape.
International Journal of Play, 13(1), 56-74.
- Fast, A. A. et Riggs, A. E.(2024). Preschoolers negatively evaluate conventional norm violations in pretend play.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 241, article 105861.
- Huang, H., Zhu, Y., Gu, J. et Xu, X.(2024). Playfulness in Chinese preschoolers: the role of self- and other-oriented empathy and gender.
Early Child Development and Care, 194(3), 435-453.
- Martín-García, A. et Rico-González, M.(2024). The effect of free play on preschoolers’ physical activity level and motor, cognitive, and socioemotional competences: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 32(3), 429-447.
- O’Síoráin, C. A., Kernan, M. et McArdle, F.(2024). Disrupting the Aistear hour: working towards a play-based curriculum in early childhood classrooms in Irish primary schools.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 32(2), 288-302.
- Thompson, K., Choi, E., Artis, J., Dubay, M., Baranek, G. T. et Watson, L. R.(2024). An observational study of parental language during play and mealtime in toddlers at variable likelihood for autism.
Journal of Child Language, 51(3), 681-709.
- Tympa, E., Karavida, V., Kanellopoulou, E. et Nousia, A.(2024). Perspectives on intergenerational playing: viewpoints of grandparents and teachers in a Greek preschool context.
International Journal of Play, 13(1), 41-55.
- Waks, L. J.(2024). John Dewey on play. Theory and Pedagogy.
American Journal of Play, 16(1), 10-31.
- Yunus, F. W., Idris, S., Asmuri, S. N., Fowler, B. et Romli, M. H.(2024). Identifying Standardized Instruments for Measuring Play’s Effect on Child Development Findings from an Extension of a Systematic Review.
American Journal of Play, 16(1), 32-62.
- Tamblyn, A., Sun, Y., North, A., Godsman, N., Boothby, C., Skouteris, H. et Blewitt, C.(2024). Educators’ perspectives on the role the early childhood education and care environment plays in supporting children’s social and emotional development.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 49(2), 140-154.
- Thorne, A., Stagnitti, K. et Parson, J.(2024). Pretend Play and Executive Function in Preschool-Aged Children with an Acquired Brain Injury.
American Journal of Play, 16(1), 63-96.
- Weiszhaupt, K., Bastedo, K. et Macy, M.(2024). Play-based assessment through a simulation-based widget: Reflection to practice.
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 45(2), 177-191.
- (2024). Vers une intégration de modèles de l’intervention enseignante dans le jeu des enfants à l’éducation préscolaire.
Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l’éducation, 47(2), 302-331.
- Barmak, E., Aysu, B., Aydoğdu, F., Aral, N. et Uysal, H. T.(2024). Investigation of play skills of children with typical development and language and speech disorders according to demographic variables.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 32(4), 672-686.
- Fedewa, M., Watkins, L., Barber, A. et Baggett, J.(2024). Supporting Social Play of Preschoolers With and Without Autism: A Collaborative Approach for Special Educators and Speech Language Pathologists.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 52(6), 1023-1033.
- (2024). La documentation pédagogique comme support aux apprentissages réalisés lors des jeux libres et à la pratique réflexive d’une enseignante.
Multimodalité(s) : Revue de recherches en littératie médiatique multimodale, 19, 7-35.
- Le, V.-N., Schaack, D. et Gottfried, M.(2024). Play, PE, Paint, and Performance: What Gets Left Behind When Teaching Academic Content in Kindergarten.
The Elementary School Journal, 124(4), 542-562.
- Loizou, E. et Olymbiou, M.(2024). Constructive play: Exploring pre-service early childhood teachers’ play involvement.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(3), 329-342.
- Pyle, A., Wickstrom, H., Gross, O. et Kraszewski, E.(2024). Supporting literacy development in kindergarten through teacher-facilitated play.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(3), 428-441.
- Rüdisüli, C., Duss, I., Lannen, P. et Wustmann Seiler, C.(2024). Relations between teacher-child interaction quality and children’s playfulness.
Early Child Development and Care, 194(7-8), 883-897.
- Shin, M.(2024). Draw and Tell: Uncovering Korean Infant Teachers’ Play Experiences and Their Views in Supporting Infants’ Play.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 56(2), 237-254.
- Tisborn, K. et Seehagen, S.(2024). 2-Year-olds’ free play during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infancy, 29(4), 608-630.
- Visser, K., Van Aalst, I. et Meijer, M.(2024). Creating environments for risky play: Understanding the interplay between parents, play professionals and policymakers.
Children & Society, 38(6), 2071-2088.
- Wang, Z., Wong, R. K. S., Wong, P. Y. H., Ho, F. C. et Cheng, D. P. W.(2024). Play and theory of mind in early childhood: a Hong Kong perspective.
Early Child Development and Care, 187(9), 1389-1402.
- Abdolmalaki, S., Khosravi, M., Nouri, N. et Ghaderi, M.(2024). A model for play in the preschool curriculum: A phenomenological study.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(4), 540-555.
- Cankaya, O., Leach, J. et Akdemir, K.(2024). The Journey of Loose Parts across Educational Landscapes and History. The Role of Materials, Relationships, Space, and Time in Children’s Loose Parts Play.
American Journal of Play, 16(2-3), 210-245.
- Cao, X. et Kong, K.(2024). Balancing play and collective teaching: experiences of preschool teachers from two public kindergartens in Southeast China.
International Journal of Play, 13(4), 379-394.
- Chookah, H. A., Agbenyega, J. S., Santos, I. M. et Habak, C.(2024). Play Affordances of Natural and Non-natural Materials in Preschool Children’s Playful Learning Tasks.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 56(3), 585-603.
- de Sanchez, G. A. et Bishop, M.(2024). Assembling kindergarteners’ agency during classroom free play time.
International Journal of Play, 13(4), 361-378.
- Hoyne, C. et Egan, S. M.(2024). Exploring the role of home play and learning activities in socioemotional development at 36-months: Findings from a large birth cohort study.
Infant Behavior and Development, 77, article 102000.
- Lähdesmäki, S., Maunumäki, M. et Nurmi, T.(2024). Play is the Base! ECEC Leaders’ Views on the Development of Digital Pedagogy.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 52(8), 1897-1910.
- Montoya-Fernández, C., Losada-Puente, L., Gómez-Barreto, I. M. et Gil-Madrona, P.(2024). Developmental play-based assessment in early childhood education: a systematic review.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 32(5), 788-813.
- Timmins, S. et King, P.(2024). An exploratory study into the perceived benefits of, and barriers to, the pedagogical use of puppet play in the early years.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(4), 584-597.
- Tsujitani, M.(2024). Early Childhood Practitioners’ Perceptions of Children’s Risky Play Based on Childhood and Present Practice: A Questionnaire Survey in Japan.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 52(8), 2009-2020.
- Veraksa, A.N., Veresov, N.N., Sukhikh, V.L., Gavrilova, M. N. et Plotnikova, V. A.(2024). Play to Foster Children’s Executive Function Skills: Exploring Short-and Long-Term Effects of Digital and Traditional Types of Play.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 56(3), 687-709.
- Yin, H., Cheung, A. C. K., Tam, W. W. Y. et Lau, E.(2024). Facilitating Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of Enactment of Play-Based Learning for Whole-Child Development: The Potential of Personal and Organizational Enablers.
Early Education and Development, 35(8), 1773-1788.
- Young, S., Edwards, S. et Nuttall, J.(2024). Teacher participation in young children’s dramatic play.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 22(4), 598-611.
- Wiggins, S., Willemsen, A. et Cromdal, J.(2024). Eating Prickly Peas: Sharing Play Worlds During Preschool Meals.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 56(3), 479-496.
- Aksoy, M. et Aksoy, A. B.(2023). An investigation on the effects of block play on the creativity of children.
Early Child Development and Care, 193(1), 139-158.
- Allee, K. A., Clark, M. H., Roberts, S. K. et Hu, B.(2023). Exploring Play, Executive Function, and Academic Achievement in Two Title I Kindergartens.
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 37(2), 197-215.
- Baker, S. T., Le Courtois, S. et Eberhart, J.(2023). Making space for children’s agency with playful learning.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 31(2), 372-384.
- Buldu, E. et Buldu, M.(2023). Talking over children’s drawings about their favourite play times: how do children describe their play?
Early Child Development and Care, 193(6), 810-823.
- Chen, J. J.(2023). Leadership at Play in Preschool Children: A Systematic Synthesis of Nearly Nine Decades of Research.
Early Education and Development, 34(1), 1-26.
- Coelho, V., Araújo, S. B., Sanches-Ferreira, M. et Vancraeyveldt, C.(2023). PLAYING-2-GETHER: can brief in-service training influence preschool teachers’ awareness of play-based strategies for improving relationships?
International Journal of Early Years Education, 31(2), 385-400.
- Fleer, M. et Li, L.(2023). Curriculum reforms as a productive force for the development of new play practices in rural Chinese kindergartens.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 31(1), 63-78.
- Higginbottom, K., Newman, L., West-Sooby, K. et Wood, A.(2023). Intentional teaching for risky play: Practitioner researchers move beyond their comfort zone ?
Autralasian Journal of Early Childhood, 48(1), 18-33.
- Lewington, C., van Heerden, J. et du Preez, H.(2023). The value of introducing sensopathic materials in a play pedagogy programme during the reception year.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 31(2), 338-352.
- McLean, K. , Lake, G., Wild, M., Licandro, U. et Evangelou, M.(2023). Perspectives of play and play-based learning: What do adults think play is?
Autralasian Journal of Early Childhood, 48(1), 5-17.
- Niu, C.(2023). Research on play-based kindergarten curriculum reform in China: based on the analysis of three typical play modes.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 31(2), 401-418.
- Pedersen, L. D.(2023). Playful choreographies and choreographies of play – New research in dance and play studies.
American Journal of Play, 15(1), 60-81.
- Rentzou, K., Slutsky, R., Gol–Guven, M., Kragh-Müller, G., Tuul, M. et Paz-Albo, J.(2023). A Cross-Cultural Study on Factors Affecting Children’s Agentic Action in Their Play.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 55, 89-112.
- Samuelsson, I. P. et Björklund, C.(2023). The relation of play and learning empirically studied and conceptualized.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 31(2), 309-323.
- Sandseter, E. B. H., Kleppe, R. et Kennair, L. E. O.(2023). Risky play in children’s emotion regulation, social functioning, and physical health: an evolutionary approach.
International Journal of Play, 12(1), 127-139.
- Schmidtke, A.(2023). A Qualitative Study of Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions About the Influences of Professional Learning on Their Implementation of Guided Play.
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 37(1), 49-76.
- Smith, P. K. et StGeorge, J. M.(2023). Play fighting (rough-and-tumble play) in children: developmental and evolutionary perspectives.
International Journal of Play, 12(1), 113-126.
- Vanderbilt, K. E. et Andreason, C.(2023). The influence of popular media characters on children's object choices.
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41(1), 1-12.
- Jaggy, A.-K., Kalkusch, I., Bossi, C. B., Weiss, B., Sticca, F. et Perren, S.(2023). The impact of social pretend play on preschoolers’ social development: Results of an experimental study.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 64(3rd quarter), 13-25.
- Ng, R. et Lim, C.(2023). Using LEGO Play and Storytelling to Promote Descriptive Language.
Childhood Education, 99(3), 66-73.
- Orr, E. et Caspi, R.(2023). The association between media consumption and children’s play tendencies and socioemotional skills.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 31(3), 437-453.
- Pyle, A., DeLuca, C., Wickstrom, H., Danniels, E. et Fesseha, E.(2023). Play-based learning and assessment practices in early years: methodological explorations.
Educational Research, 65(2), 248-266.
- Trawick-Smith, J., DeLapp, J., Bourdon, A., Flanagan, K. et Godina, F.(2023). The Influence of Teachers, Peers, and Play Materials on Dual Language Learners’ Play Interactions in Preschool.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(6), 863-873.
- Armstrong, F. et Gaul, D.(2023). Review of the international play policies and their contribution to supporting a child's right to play.
Children & Society, 37(6), 2179-2195.
- Bernstorff, B.(2023). Self-organized communities of children.
Journal of Pedagogy, 14(1), 79-102.
- Chang-Kredl, S., Mamlok, D. et Venkatesh, V.(2023). Dark play and children’s dyadic constructions of self and other.
American Journal of Play, 15(2), 158-178.
- Delfin, A. B. et Wang, W.(2023). The influence of pretend ‘technologies’ on children’s cognitive development in symbolic play.
International Journal of Play, 12(3), 387-402.
- (2023). Examining the relation between adult scaffolding of make-believe play and children’s executive functions: an observational study conducted in a natural educational setting.
Early Child Development and Care, 193(8), 1022-1040.
- Fung, W. K. et Chung, K. K. H.(2023). Playfulness as the antecedent of kindergarten children’s prosocial skills and school readiness.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 31(5), 797-810.
- Han, M., Buell, M., Liu, D. et Pic, A.(2023). Can an intensive professional development on play change child care providers’ perspectives and practice on play?
International Journal of Play, 12(2), 175-192.
- Han, M., Whiteside-Mansell, L., Hustedt, J. T., Drain, D., Eubanks, R., Joe, C., Lawson, I. et Pic, A.(2023). Relationships between play and learning practices among low-income families.
American Journal of Play, 15(2), 136-157.
- Hansen, N. F.(2023). Children’s play territories - Hideouts and play domains as protective spaces in childcare play culture.
American Journal of Play, 15(2), 196-222.
- He, H., Jiang, Q., Tang, X. et Jiang, L.(2023). Can a theme-based joint block play program promote preschoolers’ cooperative skills: evidence from Shanghai/China.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 31(6), 884-899.
- Jørgensen, H. H.(2023). Encountering children’s perspectives in play: How a play experiment with animal cloaks became a research approach in ECEC.
Journal of Pedagogy, 14(1), 17-36.
- King, P.(2023). Flow and the play cycle - A theoretical consideration of the importance of flow in established play cycles.
American Journal of Play, 15(2), 179-195.
- Lee, J. Y., Wright, C. A., Golinkoff, R. M. et Hirsh-Pasek, K.(2023). Another case of the theory to practice gap: South Korean early childhood education and care.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 65(4), 385-395.
- Legaard, J. F.(2023). The wonder of play.
International Journal of Play, 12(3), 375-386.
- Matafwali, B. et Mofu, M.(2023). Exploring the feasibility of outdoor indigenous games and songs to enhance play-based pedagogy in early childhood education.
Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 4(3), 391-405.
- Olsson, M. R.(2023). ‘I don’t think that it’s play. Because we have to play’. Norwegian six-year-old children’s understandings of play when they start in primary school.
International Journal of Play, 12(3), 321-336.
- Strasser, K., Balladares, J., Grau, V., Marín, A. et Preiss, D.(2023). Efficacy and perception of feasibility of structured games for achieving curriculum learning goals in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten low-income classrooms.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 65(4), 396-406.
- Utami, A. D., Fleer, M. et Li, L.(2023). The ‘Player’ Role of the Teacher in Playworld Creates New Conditions for Children’s Learning and Development.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 55(2), 169-186.
- Whitlock, B., Eivers, A. et Walker, S.(2023). The state of play-based learning in Queensland schools.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 48(3), 247-262.
- Yonzon, K.C., Fleer, M., Fragkiadaki, G. et Rai, P.(2023). The Role of Props in Promoting Imagination during Toddlerhood.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 55(2), 223-240.
- Cekaite, A. et Simonsson, M.(2023). Guided Play Supporting Immigrant Children’s Participation and Bilingual Development in Preschools.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 55(3), 403-420.
- (2023). Perspective socioculturelle des jeux des enfants innus à l’éducation préscolaire.
Revue internationale de communication et socialisation, 10(2), 307-324.
- Martin, M., Jelić, A. et Tvedebrink, T. D. O.(2023). Children’s opportunities for play in the built environment: a scoping review.
Children’s Geographies, 21(6), 1154-1170.
- Qiao, H. et Huang, J.(2023). Investigating children’s mathematical learning during block play: a video observation research.
Early Child Development and Care, 193(13-14), 1445-1458.
- Cohen, L.(2023). A vygotskian framework for observing and teaching bilingual and English-only players.
American Journal of Play, 15(3), 333-358.
- Fleer, M.(2023). Are we play-proofing preschools, kindergartens, and schools? Conceptual playworlds as the source of children’s development of imagination and learning.
American Journal of Play, 15(3), 302-332.
- Sawyer, J. E.(2023). Can private speech and sociodramatic play promote perspective taking and reduce egocentrism? A post-Vygotskian reply to Piaget.
American Journal of Play, 15(3), 254-280.
- Yudina, E.(2023). Vygotskian analysis of fake play in preschools - What is it and how to distinguish it from real play.
American Journal of Play, 15(3), 281-301.
- Nicholson, P. et Hendry, H.(2022). A pedagogical meeting place or a problem space? Extending play-based pedagogy in Year One.
Education 3-13, 50(2), 184‑196.
- Sette, S., Zava, F., Baumgartner, E., Laghi, F. et Coplan, R. J.(2022). Exploring the Role of Play Behaviors in the Links between Preschoolers’ Shyness and Teacher-Child Relationships.
Early Education and Development, 33(2), 187‑203.
- Al-Qinneh, D. et Abu-Ayyash, E. A. S.(2022). The Play-based Behaviours of Emirati Preschool Children: Cultural Perspective into Early Childhood Education.
Child Care in Practice, 28(3), 394-410.
- Andrási, K., Schvajda, R. et Királi, I.(2022). Young children expect pretend object identities to be known only by their partners in joint pretence.
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 40(3), 398-409.
- Ata, S. et Macun, B.(2022). Play tendency and prosociality in early childhood.
Early Child Development and Care, 192(13), 2087-2098.
- Ban, M. et Uchiyama, I.(2022). Developmental changes in toy preferences during pretend play in toddlerhood.
Early Child Development and Care, 192(7), 1069-1078.
- Brėdikytė, M.(2022). Adult participation in the creation of narrative playworlds : Challenges and contradictions.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 30(3), 595‑609.
- Chen, J. J. et Kacerek, C. R.(2022). Leaders and Followers during Sociodramatic Play: A Study of Racial/Ethnic Minority Preschool Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 36(3), 517-540.
- Critten, V., Hagon, H. et Messer, D.(2022). Can Pre-school Children Learn Programming and Coding Through Guided Play Activities ? A Case Study in Computational Thinking.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 50(6), 969‑981.
- Fisher, J.(2022). To play or not to play : Teachers’ and headteachers’ perspectives on play-based approaches in transition from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1 in England.
International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education, 50(6), 803‑815.
- Heikkilä, M.(2022). Boys, weapon toys, war play and meaning-making: prohibiting play in early childhood education settings?
Early Child Development and Care, 192(11), 1830-1841.
- Holmes, R. M., Kohm, K., Genise, S., Koolidge, L., Mendelson, D., Romeo, L. et Bant, C.(2022). Is there a connection between children’s language skills, creativity, and play?
Early Child Development and Care, 192(8), 1178-1189.
- Kalkusch, I., Jaggy, A.-K., Burkhardt Bossi, C., Weiss, B., Sticca, F. et Perren, S.(2022). Fostering children’s social pretend play competence and social skills through play tutoring : What is the mechanism of change?
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(5), 461‑471.
- Kangas, J., Harju-Luukkainen, H., Brotherus, A., Gearon, L. F. et Kuusisto, A.(2022). Outlining play and playful learning in Finland and Brazil: A content analysis of early childhood education policy documents.
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 23(2), 153-165.
- Kaplan, E. B., Rachwani, J., Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. et Adolph, K. E.(2022). The process of learning the designed actions of toys.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 221, article 105442.
- King, P.(2022). A Theoretical Expansion of the Play Cycle -Jakob von Uexküll’s Functional Cycle and the Perceptual Cue.
Journal of Play, 14(2), 173-187.
- Köngäs, M., Määttä, K. et Uusiautti, S.(2022). Participation in play activities in the children’s peer culture.
Early Child Development and Care, 192(10), 1533‑1546.
- Kotsopoulos, D., Floyd, L., Dickson, B. A., Nelson, V. et Makosz, S.(2022). Noticing and Naming Computational Thinking During Play.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 50(4), 699-708.
- Leach, J., Howe, N. et DeHart, G.(2022). Children's connectedness and shared meanings strategies during play with siblings and friends.
Infant and Child Development, 31(6), e2365.
- Liu, J. et Birkeland, Å.(2022). Perceptions of Risky Play among Kindergarten Teachers in Norway and China.
International Journal of Early Childhood, 54(3), 339-360.
- Loizou, E. et Loizou, E. K.(2022). Creative play and the role of the teacher through the cultural-historical activity theory framework.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 30(3), 527‑541.
- Orr, E.(2022). Role and trends in voluntary action repetition during infants’ object play.
Early Child Development and Care, 192(13), 2036-2045.
- Papandreou, M. et Tsiouli, M.(2022). Noticing and understanding children’s everyday mathematics during play in early childhood classrooms.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 30(4), 730-747.
- Parlatan, M. E. et Sığırtmaç, A. D.(2022). Preschool children’s behaviours in competitive games: are these games really harmful to social-emotional development?
Early Child Development and Care, 192(14), 2200-2212.
- Pompert, B., van der Meer-Wijnands, S. L. et De Waard, H.(2022). Professionalisation in a play-based curriculum.
International Journal of Early Years Education, 30(3), 610‑625.
- Rodriguez-Meehan, M.(2022). “Could that be Play?”: Exploring Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Play in Kindergarten.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 50(8), 1303-1316.
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