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First published 2019-3

Development and Validation of the Retrospective Childhood Fantasy Play Scale

Julie Ann Kirkham, Julian Lloyd, Hannah Stockton

Imagination,Cognition and Personality

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First published 2016-2

The role of sport-specific play and practice during childhood in the development of adolescent Finnish team sport athletes

Hannele Forsman, Minna Blomqvist, Keith Davids [...]

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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Research article

First published 2023

Educators’ perspectives on the role the Early Childhood Education and Care environment plays in supporting children’s social and emotional development

Andrea Tamblyn, Yihan Sun, Angela North [...]

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood

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First published 2011-12

Pretend Play and Development in Early Childhood (With Implications for the Oedipal Phase)

Karen Gilmore

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

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First published 2026-3

Global Best Practices in Early Childhood Education: Comparative Analysis of India and Countries with Advanced ECE Systems

Pranay Jha, Amrita Jha

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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First published 2016-9

Actualizing children’s participation in the development of outdoor play areas at an early childhood institution

Kwi-Ok Nah, Sun-Mi Lee

Action Research

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Other

First published 2012-6

Encouraging Social Skill Development through Play in Early Childhood Special Education Classrooms

Kristen R. Jamison, Lindsay D. Forston, Tina L. Stanton-Chapman

Young Exceptional Children

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First published 2025

Reclaiming Nature in Urban Childhoods: Chinese Kindergarten Teachers’ Perspectives on Implementing Sustainability-Oriented Nature Play

Yanfei Xu, Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman

Education and Urban Society

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First published 2009-3

Developing an active play resource for a range of Australian early childhood settings: Formative findings and recommendations

Annaleise Riethmuller, Kim McKeen, Anthony D. Okely [...]

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood

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First published 2007-07

Do behavioural approaches teach children with autism to play or are they pretending?

Tim Luckett, Anita Bundy, Jacqueline Roberts

Autism

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