The effect of play on the creativity of young children during subsequent activity

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 323-328

  Howard Jones, Paul A ^a   Taylor, Jayne R ^a   Sutton, Lesley ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745634269     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430212722     Document Type: Article

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