Did You Know That...
Intentional play builds important skills
Play in which children plan to enact a make-believe scenario helps them learn many important social and preliteracy skills. For example, they learn to negotiate roles, remember a sequence of of actions, and take turns. Early educators can encourage and scaffold this kind of play as one way to encourage children to develop self-regulation.
For more about intentional play and other ways to build self-regulation, see "Uniquely Preschool" in the September 2005 issue of ASCD's Educational Leadership.
05/18/2007