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  • About Us
    • Our History
    • What We Do
      • What Is Play?
      • What is Article 31?
      • Advocacy
      • Membership Benefit are the Quarterly PlayBlasts
    • Guiding Principles
    • Board Of Directors
    • IPA USA Committees
    • Learn More About IPA World
    • Learn More About Screen-Free Week
  • Advocacy
    • The 50th Anniversary White Paper
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Children
    • What is Article 31?
    • What Is Play?
    • The IPA-USA Play Quiz!
    • Create a PlayDay!
    • IPA USA State Chapters
    • Porch Play Chats
      • 2025 Porch Play Chats
      • 2024 Porch Play Chats
      • 2023 Porch Play Chats
      • 2022 Porch Play Chats
      • Porch Play Chats Playlist 2021
      • Porch Play Chat Playlist 2020
    • Promoting Recess
    • Policy Briefs
    • Donate and Help Support Play
    • Screen-Free Week
  • RECESS & PLAY
    • Inclusive Playground Resources
    • Playground Safety Resources
    • Recess Research
    • Promoting Recess
    • Pandemic and Play
      • Pandemic & Play Articles
  • Membership
    • Join IPA/USA
    • GRANTS
    • Log In
    • Register for Members-only Website Access
    • Membership Documents
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      • John McKendrick Publications
      • eJournals
      • Quarterly Playblast Library
      • PlayDay Resources
      • Policy Briefs
    • Learn More About IPA World
  • Connect
    • Call for Manuscripts
    • Submit Your Ideas & Resources
    • IPA USA State Chapters
    • Donate and Help Support Play
    • Board Of Directors
    • Join IPA/USA Today
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      • Save the Dates
    • 2024 Conference Highlights
    • International Day of Play
    • National Day of Play
    • Previous Events and Recordings
      • May 11, 2021 Town Hall – Technology and the NAEYC DAP
      • September 16, 2021 Town Hall – The Importance of Play, Using the Outdoors
      • March 15, 2022, Town Hall- Yes you can play in the 4th grade
      • April 4, 2023 Town Hall -Reading and Play with Marvelously Made
      • July 18, 2023, Town Hall – Planning A Day of Play, and the National Day of Play
      • Town Hall – April 22, 2025
      • 2022 Annual Conference
        • 2022 Sponsors & Supporters
        • Schedule
          • Receptions and Special Events
          • Saturday Tours
        • Presenters
        • Host Location
      • 2023 IPA World Conference
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      • February 27, 2024 Town Hall
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New Study on the Importance of Play – Experts put new method of analysing children’s play to the test

  • IPA ADMINIPA ADMIN
  • February 2, 2021
  • Advocacy, Pandemic & Play, Parenting, PlayTalk, Resources

Our own past president Dr. LaDonna Atkins and another colleague were involved in a research study focused on analyzing children’s play.  See the full article at this link.

Experts put new method of analyzing children’s play to the test.

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