Here are two short YouTube links of young children engaged in play with open-ended materials that reveals a way of engaging children in contemplative exploration, creative thinking and imaginative story telling. I have also used the videos as a creative observational tool with parents, pre-service and in-service teachers.
Cultivating Creativity in Young Children
13:15 5/26/15 https://youtu.be/iTFNumCCAwk
Teaching Young Children: Silent Solo Play with Open-ended Materials
14:58 9/6/14 http://youtu.be/HZk2UGVt9zo
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Walter Drew
Dr. Drew''s Discovery Blocks
Melbourne Bch FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-11-2020 02:37 AM
From: Nancy Spurgeon
Subject: Videos of young children's play
You might want to look into a membership with ACCESS Shared Knowledge and Practice for Early Childhood Educators. Although this organization was developed for Community College ECE Faculty they have a great video resource library with contributions from ECE Faculty across the country. My yearly membership as adjunct is $30.00 well worth the money.
Nancy Spurgeon
ECE Faculty
Wenatchee Valley College
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Nancy Spurgeon
Nancy Spurgeon
E Wenatchee WA
Original Message:
Sent: 05-10-2020 08:27 AM
From: Tania Henson-Brooks
Subject: Videos of young children's play
A few sources I'm utilizing right now: EarlyEdU (open right now, ignore partnership stuff), their webinars have even more ideas, SCRIPT-NC, DREME-NC and EriksonInstitute for Math, sets of videos including the same child from Colorado's DOE Results Matter Video Library. Red leaf Press and HighScope also have video observation clips without narration.
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Tania Henson-Brooks
Program Director of Early Childhood
Chattanooga State Community College
Ringgold GA
Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2020 06:10 PM
From: Meg Gravil
Subject: Videos of young children's play
Hello NAEYC community!
I am teaching a theories of play course this summer that typically includes 6 hours of IECE classroom observation. Students are to observe children's play to identify theoretical perspectives and different stages of play in action. Observations will not occur this summer for various reasons. Does anyone have suggestions for locating ~30 minute videos of children playing that might be suitable for this purpose? Videos would need to be sharable.
Thanks for your thoughts-
Meg
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Meg Gravil
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Louisville
Lexington KY
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