Consistent with its mission of promoting the importance of play in early childhood, the Center for Early Childhood Education was awarded a contract in 2010 from Head Start Body Start to conduct research on the benefits of physical and outdoor play for children from birth to age five. The Center developed an annotated bibliography on recent research, a comprehensive literature review on the benefits to children's development, and five research-into-practice briefs for teachers, parents, and caregivers. The Center also developed the following five video clips to illustrate ways that adults can support and encourage active play in young children:

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Development of videos for this project involved a collaboration of early childhood faculty, health and physical education faculty, video production professionals, students, parents of young children, and teachers from Eastern’s Child and Family Development Resource Center.

• Producer: Julia DeLapp
• Videographer and Video Editor: Ken Measimer
• Student Production Assistant: Kristin Chemerka
• Content Experts: Dr. Jeffrey Trawick-Smith, Dr. Darren Robert, Dr. Ann Gruenberg

The Center would like to thank the early childhood professionals who served on the Teacher Advisory Committee for this project: Claudia Ahern, Kim Bartle, Patricia Gardner, Kimberly Lewendon, Ashlee Marouski, Patrice Ramm, Niloufar Rezai, Jessi Robey.

For more information, contact Julia DeLapp.

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