Module 5 Assignment 1:
Blog: The importance of Play in Early Childhood
To Prepare:
Use the Walden Library to locate peer-reviewed journal articles, written within the last 5 years, that focus on the importance of play for young children’s healthy development and learning.
Note:
· You may need to read/skim a number of articles before you find one you choose to use as the basis for this Assignment.
Assignment Task Part 1
After reading the article you chose, create a 2 -page post for your blog that includes the following:
· A summary of the article
· How the information gleaned from this article may inform your work related to learning about the role of play in children’s healthy development
· An APA citation of the article
· One resource cited in the article that you would like to read to extend your learning.
Assignment Task Part 2
Please read through your peers’ blogs and Respond in a 100 word response and note any resources that might inform your current and/or future early childhood practice and areas of possible research.
Assignment 1 Learning Resources
http://classroom.synonym.com/relationship-between-theory-practice-education-5050.html
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1234482.pdf
https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2020.1814210