Developing imaginative play in pre‐school children as a possible approach to fostering creativity

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A study aimed at investigating whether it is possible to teach young children to play imaginatively even when this type of play is not fostered in their homes was undertaken by the students of a research seminar at Hebrew University. In the first phase of the study nineteen 2.6 to 4.3 year olds in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Jerusalem were observed at different times of the day. In the second phase each child had nine play teaching sessions spaced approximately one week apart. Level of play was evaluated by dividing written records of each play teaching session into behavior units and rating every unit on a five point scale. Play on the highest level increased significantly during the final play teaching sessions. The author suggests further work to clarify if imaginative play does, in fact, foster the development of creativity in later life.

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