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ERIC Number: EJ663358
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
Children's Play Is the Origin of Social Activity.
Riihela, Monika
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v10 n1 p39-53 2002
Videotaped 1- to 6-year-olds' day care routines and adults' work after extensive consultation on the Storycrafting method to study children's thoughts and collaborative behavior. Found that children's viewpoints are elicited when they play an active role and when educational work is directed by telling stories, playing, and doing research. Noted important features of collaborative activity: expressions, gestures, looks, initiatives and responses, and the rhythms of joint activity. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Interpersonal Relationship, Peer Relationship, Play, Social Behavior, Social Development, Story Telling, Student Research, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Play Learning