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free play

free play Free play is a play context in early childhood that sits on a play continuum and differs from guided or teacher-directed play in how control is distributed between adults and children.

Free play is a play context in early childhood that sits on a play continuum and differs from guided or teacher-directed play in how control is distributed between adults and children. In the source, it is marked by low-level reciprocal teacher-child interaction, with talk tending to stay at less inferential levels.