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2. Extend your understanding

Locate and this article and answer the questions that follow:
Pramling Samuelsson, I, and N. Pramling (2013), ‘Play and Learning’, Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Available online: http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/play/according-experts/play-and-learning (accessed 23 January 2018).

1. Given the recent push toward the pedagogization of play, how might the teacher create an environment to support the playing-learning child described in this article?

2. The authors affirm the idea that play is not always positive. Can you think of examples of this from your own observations or experiences?