Is There a Connection between Children's Language Skills, Creativity, and Play?
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| Title: | Is There a Connection between Children's Language Skills, Creativity, and Play? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Holmes, Robyn M., Kohm, Kristen, Genise, Samantha, Koolidge, Louis, Mendelson, Drew, Romeo, Lynn, Bant, Christine |
| Source: | Early Child Development and Care. 2022 192(8):1178-1189. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Language Skills, Creativity, Play, Correlation, Story Telling, Freehand Drawing, Preschool Children, Expressive Language |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Draw a Person Test, Test of Early Language Development |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03004430.2020.1853115 |
| ISSN: | 0300-4430 1476-8275 |
| Abstract: | This study explored the connection between children's language skills, creativity, and play. The participants were 151 (76 boys and 75 girls) primarily middle-income, European American children. Ages ranged from 4 to 6 years. This project employed mixed methods approaches. Children engaged in several tasks. These included: creating a story about their drawing while completing the Goodenough Harris Draw a Person Task, creating an original story with the opportunity to incorporate props; and completing the TELD-3 receptive and expressive language task. We also recorded children's social and cognitive play behaviours using a modified version of Rubin's (2001) Play Observation Scale (POS). We found positive interactions between story creativity and play behaviours, story creativity and language, creativity (drawing) and language, creativity (drawing) and play behaviours, and play behaviours and language. These findings support the connection between creativity, language, and play and the benefits these skills and abilities have on children's learning and development. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1352333 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study explored the connection between children's language skills, creativity, and play. The participants were 151 (76 boys and 75 girls) primarily middle-income, European American children. Ages ranged from 4 to 6 years. This project employed mixed methods approaches. Children engaged in several tasks. These included: creating a story about their drawing while completing the Goodenough Harris Draw a Person Task, creating an original story with the opportunity to incorporate props; and completing the TELD-3 receptive and expressive language task. We also recorded children's social and cognitive play behaviours using a modified version of Rubin's (2001) Play Observation Scale (POS). We found positive interactions between story creativity and play behaviours, story creativity and language, creativity (drawing) and language, creativity (drawing) and play behaviours, and play behaviours and language. These findings support the connection between creativity, language, and play and the benefits these skills and abilities have on children's learning and development. |
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| ISSN: | 0300-4430 1476-8275 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03004430.2020.1853115 |
