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• Archive: Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Dr. Westby!Language, cognitive and social-emotional learning skills are all essential for literacy development and academic success.
• Research shows that play is the universal activity that blends cognitive, social, emotional, linguistic and motor components.
• Observing children’s play provides information about their knowledge, views of the world and mastered skills.Join Dr. Westby as you learn about the vital relationship between the dimensions of play, social-emotional functioning, language and literacy.
• Learn firsthand, how to effectively use the Westby Play Scale—a tool that offers a way to evaluate all young children’s (birth-5 years) symbolic play skills.
• Supported by 40 years of evidence-based research and organized by developmental level, this tool will breakdown the milestones children should be achieving with their play and language.