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1) Play
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Play has been studied according to its social categories and content. Children's play is involving, child-directed and process-oriented. This program explores the contents and social dimensions of play and the important role of adults in facilitating childrens' play.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
These sequences show children from 7 to 30 months playing, uninterrupted by adults. They show the remarkable exploratory powers of the under 3s and the value of this type of play in encouraging concentration and therefore cognitive abilities. There are 6 ten minute sequences, with infants sometimes alone and sometimes in pairs, showing favoured schemas of action emerging at different ages. Each of the six sequences consists of a child/children playing...
3) Vermont kids
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1975 John Marshall and Roger Hart documented the outdoor play activities of the children in a small Vermont town. Roger had just completed his dissertation from Clark University on the geography of children. John's 13 hours of 16mm footage comprised part of his detailed research on children's outdoor lives, studying the role of play in children's psychological development as well as its relationship to their understanding of nature...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learning, playing and learning through play are complex issues that we have tried to simplify and explain with this film. It shows learning taking place through self chosen, enjoyable activities. By following one boy for a year (from his third to his fourth birthday) we see clearly how his development and learning are progressed through his rich play experiences. He is seen playing at home indoors and out and sometimes at his playgroup. He plays on...
6) Pretend play
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This consists of source material of children's pretend play featuring children from 20 months to 7 years. The 11 sequences can be used individually for observation. Also, as they are presented chronologically by age, they clearly show the developmental stages of pretend play. Sequences show learning taking place in all major areas, physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional and creative. There is also a good opportunity for discussion of gender...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Physical play is the first type of play to emerge but also the least researched and most neglected by educators. However this is rapidly changing as educators realize just how vital it is from many points of view. Inbuilt psychological drives mean that children want to be able to do things for themselves and physical play leads to children becoming adept at using their bodies. Being motivated to succeed at tasks is an important factor in effective...
10) Arrow Game
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Undetermined
Description
A group of boys engages in an arrow fight in the village clearing. They shoot blunt arrows, practicing their aim and learning to dodge the shots.
11) Duka's Dilemma
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Personal and intimate, this film follows the drama of a Hamar family in crisis, the high points of which are the birth of the new wife's child, and nine months later, a heated dispute between the mother-in-law and her son, which leads to the building of a new house.
14) Bluey: Season 3
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The multi-award-winning pre-school animation, loved by children and their families around the world, returns for its highly anticipated third series. Bluey and her little sister Bingo love coming up with hilarious, elaborate games based on their interpretation of the world around them. They enjoy nothing more than roping Mum Chilli and Dad Bandit and all their family, friends, and neighbors into their daily fun. Series 3 brings more of the authentic...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Chrysanthemum: Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect - until the kids at school make fun of her. It takes a special friend to change her classmates' minds. Owen: Owen isn't happy when his parents won't let him bring Fuzzy, his beloved yellow blanket, to school. Luckily, Owen's mother has the perfect solution. A Weekend with Wendell: Sleepovers are usually fun, but spending a weekend with Wendell is anything but fun and games. Sophie...
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Join Grover as he grooves to the Groverelli, play Super Grover Says, and enjoy many more playtime activities with the help of Ernie and Bert, Prairie Dawn, and the rest of the Sesame Street group. Grover encourages preschoolers to engage in interactive play while learning fundamental concepts such as opposites and size relationships. Activities promote play and participation that help preschoolers to learn social, cognitive, and emotional skills while...
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