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Early years learning: Play away
By Jacqui Cousins,
Nursery World,
12 June 2002
Early years practitioners and Government still need to reflect on what is really meant by 'learning through play', says Jacqui Cousins
Early years practitioners and Government still need to reflect on what is really meant by 'learning through play', says Jacqui Cousins In England, to speak of 'play' at school is still emotive and controversial, despite a broadly international recognition of young children's 'Right to Play'. It is curious why a nation that values freedom and fairness so highly should remain so rigid and puritanical in its attitudes towards play and fun in early education. Do we really believe that...
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