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functional play: a standalone construct

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Play studies

simple repetitive muscle activity, with or without objects, that children perform for its own sake, the earliest category in Smilansky's scheme.

In play studies, functional play refers to simple repetitive muscle activity, with or without objects, that children perform for its own sake, the earliest category in Smilansky's scheme. This meaning comes from Smilansky (1968) in The Effects of Sociodramatic Play on Disadvantaged Preschool Children.[1]

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References

  1. Smilansky, S. (1968). The Effects of Sociodramatic Play on Disadvantaged Preschool Children. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471799504

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