2017 TIMPANI Toy Study

The Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University is pleased to announce the results of its 2017 TIMPANI Toy Study. Play is the most joyful part of childhood, but it also is quite beneficial to children’s development. There’s certain kinds of play, in fact, that are particularly supportive of children’s learning, their language, their social interactions. The TIMPANI toy study is a scientific investigation of those toys that are particularly powerful in supporting children’s learning and development. 0:40 Methods 2:16 Category #1 -Thinking & Learning 4:15 Category #2 - Social Interaction 5:59 Category #3 - Creativity and Imagination 8:00 Category #4 - Verbalization 9:35 2017 TIMPANI Toy 12:43 Implication for Preschool classrooms (12:43) Read more about the study at: https://www.easternct.edu/center-for-early-childhood-education/timpani/index.html. Copyright 2017 by the Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University. This video may only be used for educational purposes. It may not be used for commercial purposes and may not be edited or adapted without written permission from the Center for Early Childhood Education. For more information, visit https://www.easternct.edu/center-for-early-childhood-education/about-us/contact-the-cece.html