Children’s preference for real activities: Even stronger in the Montessori Children’s House
In the United States, children are often given the opportunity to engage in pretend activities; many believe this kind of play benefits children’s development. Recent research has shown, though, that when children ages 4 to 6 are given a choice to do the pretend or the real version of 9 different ac...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Kansas
2018-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Montessori Research |
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Online Access: | https://journals.ku.edu/jmr/article/view/7586 |