#early childhood

“A few studies have documented how teachers may perceive or evaluate the behaviors of children in early childhood educational settings. For example, using the Affect in Play Scale-Preschool version, a modified version of Russ’s Affect in Play Scale, a recent study by Yates and Marcelo found that although the quality of pretend play was similar among all races of the preschoolers involved in the study, teachers rated Black children who were expressive and imaginative in their pretend play as less prepared for school, less accepted by others, and as greater sources of conflict than their nonBlack peers (Figure 2)” (p. 3)