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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Toddlers' Complex Communication: Playfulness from a Secure Base
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Alcock, Sophie – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2013
Attachment theory is presented in this article as involving embodied relational processes within complex relational systems. Two narrative-like "events" are represented to illustrate very young children playfully relating -- connecting and communicating inter- and intrasubjectively. The ethnographic-inspired research methods included…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Attachment Behavior, Play, Interpersonal Communication
Young Children Being Rhythmically Playful: Creating "Musike" Together
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Alcock, Sophie – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
This article explores young children's rhythmic, musical, aesthetic and playful creative communication in an early childhood education centre. Young children's communication is musically rhythmic and social. The data, presented as "events", formed part of an ethnographic-inspired study conducted by the researcher as a participant observer.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Music, Human Body