Browsing by Author "Olaiya, Aina E."

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    EXPLORING THE ROLE OF PLAY IN YOUNG CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL SELF-REGULATION
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria, 2016) Olaiya, Aina E.; Agarry, Rachael Ojima
    This paper was based on Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory, which emphasized the role of play in behavioral self-regulation in early childhood development. Play was considered as a self-help tool which promotes self-regulation by serving as a support structure within the children’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZDP), helping them to reach higher levels of functioning. The paper also suggested pathways through which play can facilitate self-regulation processes in young children among which are private speech, sociodramatic play and father-child play. Several studies on children self-regulation through play were reviewed, and the role of adults particularly the early childhood educators in supporting children’s behavioral self-regulation was extensively discussed.