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Full Day Play Vs. Part Day Play, Ashley Mcdonald
Full Day Play Vs. Part Day Play, Ashley Mcdonald
M.S.Ed. in Early Childhood Research Projects
Early education is an essential part of development (Jalongo, Fennimore, Pattnaik, Laverick, Brewster, & Mutuku, 2004), however, there is much debate about what type of program will best meet the needs of young children. Programs have great variation with children attending as little as 12 hours a week to children attending 40 to 50 hours a week. A qualitative research design was used to analyze playful learning within a high quality early education center examining possible differences between a full day program and a part day program. The focus of this study was on the amount of time children spend …