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Solutions practice guides are grouped according to different kinds of early childhood practices . Click on a topic name to the right to access a complete list of available practice guides for that topic:

Powerful Playtime Research Foundations
Toys and learning for the very young child

Take a look at the Powerful Playtime Tool Kit for the practice guides developed from this research evidence.

Relationship between types of toys and young children's social behavior
Melinda Raab, Ph.D.
Bridges, Volume 1, Number 8
Results from this synthesis indicate that toys and play materials most associated with young children's social play are ones that: (1) involve turn taking or physical play, (2) represent functional household objects, (3) can be used as props for pretend play, or (4) can be used easily by two or more children. The implications are that early childhood practitioners can use toys and play materials having these characteristics to promote social play among peers in early childhood settings.

Is it time for a toy tune-up?
Bottomlines, Volume 1, Number 8

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