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What is Free Play

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Integrating ICTs in STEAM Education
The kindergarten Curriculum allocates specific time during the day when children are allowed to choose which activity center they want to play at, alone or with their friends.
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Computational Thinking and Robotics in Kindergarten: An Implemented Educational Scenario
Evgenia Roussou (Directorate of Primary Education of Piraeus, Greece)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3861-9.ch005
Abstract
Ever since technology became an integral part of human life, a range of new concepts have surfaced. Computational thinking (CT) has been extensively discussed in the last 15 years and has been gaining popularity in the educational world. Following an overview of the basic literature published on this evasive new concept, an attempt is made to outline the connection between computational thinking and programming with emphasis on tangible programming of educational robots. An implemented educational programme, which attests to the positive impact of robotics on the acquisition of computational thinking skills in early childhood, is presented and evaluated. The study took place in a typical Greek kindergarten in 2017 and focused on the development of particular aspects of computational thinking with the use of a programmable floor robot.
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Supporting Young Children's Numeracy Development With Guided Play: Early Childhood Mathematics Research Combined With Practice
Children’s experiences that allow them to freely engage in the process of exploring possibilities and expressing themselves. In this type of play, children quest to create, invent, reinvent, and negotiate instructions, rules, and solutions. There is no “right” answer or “right” way to complete and finish the project in this process-oriented journey. Free play is often defined along with any materials and toys that can be used in multiple ways symbolically or without any materials.
Published in Chapter: Supporting Young Children's Numeracy Development With Guided Play: Early Childhood Mathematics Research Combined With Practice; From: Handbook of Research on Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Development and School Readiness
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When Vision Is Unreliable: The Role of Play in Supporting Children
A type of play in which children are not guided or instructed and are free to interact and explore the way they wish to.
Published in Chapter: When Vision Is Unreliable: The Role of Play in Supporting Children; From: Handbook of Research on Play Specialism Strategies to Prevent Pediatric Hospitalization Trauma
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