MD5 Assignment 1

Module 5 Assignment 1:

Blog: The importance of Play in Early Childhood

To Prepare:

Use the Walden Library to locate peer-reviewed journal articles, written within the last 5 years, that focus on the importance of play for young children’s healthy development and learning. 

Note:

· You may need to read/skim a number of articles before you find one you choose to use as the basis for this Assignment.

Assignment Task Part 1

After reading the article you chose, create a 2 -page post for your blog that includes the following:

· A summary of the article

· How the information gleaned from this article may inform your work related to learning about the role of play in children’s healthy development

· An APA citation of the article

· One resource cited in the article that you would like to read to extend your learning.

Assignment Task Part 2

Please read through your peers’ blogs and Respond in a 100 word response and note any resources that might inform your current and/or future early childhood practice and areas of possible research.

Assignment 1 Learning Resources

http://classroom.synonym.com/relationship-between-theory-practice-education-5050.html

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1234482.pdf

https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2020.1814210

http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/tchrbrief.pdf

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1209433.pdf