Pretend play is a form of playful behavior that involves nonliteral action. Although on the
surface this activity appears to be merely for fun, recent research has discovered that …

Young children are surrounded by fictional media, including books, videos, and games.
Often they are expected to learn new information from these explicitly fictional sources, while …

Doplněné a přepracované vydání oblíbené publikace se zabývá psychickým vývojem
jedince v období dětství a dospívání. Tento vývoj je analyzován z různých hledisek: se …

Fictional stories can affect many aspects of children's behavior and cognition, yet little is
known about how they might help or hinder children's executive function skills. The current …

Curiosity comes from within—we just have to know how to unleash it. We learn by engaging
and exploring, asking questions and testing out answers. Yet our classrooms are not always …

Background and aims Play is used by practitioners from across disciplinary backgrounds as
a natural and enjoyable context for providing intervention and support in early childhood. In …

Technology is forever changing the landscape of children's education in and out of school.
But much of what masquerades for “educational” in the digital world, is not. In this chapter …

Although preschoolers learn from educational TV, they may not use information
appropriately due to their developing understanding of video and fantasy-reality distinctions …

Preschool-aged children can learn from fictional, pretend, and imaginative activities.
However, many studies showing this learning involve children as physically passive while …

Abstract Children aged 4 to 7 (N= 119; 50.4% female, 87.4% White) watched an educational
video containing unrealistic elements (ie, superpowered scientists). Before or after this …