Playing and exploring

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This program consists of five short videos that examine child's play and exploration, considering why children spend so many of their waking hours engaging in these types of activities. It looks at...

This program consists of five short videos that examine child's play and exploration, considering why children spend so many of their waking hours engaging in these types of activities. It looks at what motivates children, from infancy upwards, to explore their world and how they use what they find out to help solve problems. It shows how babies, once they have learned something about the properties of objects, move on to see what they can do with them and how this develops into sophisticated pretend play, developing rules and problems for them to solve and supporting their self-regulation. The program considers children's "growth mindset" and how it develops and how adults can play a role in supporting babies, toddlers, and young children with their play and explorations.

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