Síolta - Standard 6 - Play
Promoting Play requires that each child has ample time to engage in freely available and accessible, developmentally and well-resourced opportunities for exploration, creativity and 'meaning-making' in the company of other children, with participating and supportive adults and alone where approrpiate.
Play - This is Me
Síolta Research Digest
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What does the Aistear/Síolta Guide say about Play?
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Síolta - Play - Research Digest Papers
Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education (2005). Early Childhood in Ireland: Evidence and Perspectives. Dublin: Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education.
French, G. (2007). Children’s Early Learning and Development: Background Paper for the Framework for Early Learning. Paper Commissioned by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Dublin: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
Jones, L., Holmes, R. and Powell, J. (Eds) (2005). Early Childhood Studies: A Multiprofessional Perspective. Berkshire: Open University Press.
Other Useful Play Web Pages