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ERIC Number: EJ327179
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Toddlers and Tools.
Castle, Kathryn
Childhood Education, v61 n5 p352-55 May-Jun 1985
Discusses the value of tool-use activities to help toddlers develop emerging skills, experience creative expression, and understand means-end relationships. Provides examples of opportunities for using objects as tools, including language acquisition, self-help activities, dramatic play, sensory experiences, and object manipulation. (DST)
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression, Developmental Tasks, Dramatic Play, Language Acquisition, Object Manipulation, Play, Self Care Skills, Sensory Experience, Skill Development, Toddlers, Toys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cause Effect Relationship