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Play-based Learning And The Development Of Social Skills In Preparatory-stage Children: A Theoretical Approach

Auteurs : Taiebi Redouane .

Résumé

This article presents a purely theoretical examination of the relationship between play-based learning and the development of social skills in pre-primary children. It draws on classical developmental perspectives, particularly those of Piaget and Vygotsky, which regard play as a central activity through which children construct knowledge and practice social roles. The paper reviews the concept of play, its characteristics, and its cognitive, emotional, social, and linguistic functions, alongside major theories explaining its origin. It then explains play-based learning as an educational strategy and discusses social skills through four theoretical perspectives of acquisition. Two core dimensions of social competence, communicative and motor skills, are also examined. Finally, the article proposes a synthetic framework linking theories of play with theories of social-skill development, concluding that this foundation helps explain how play fosters children's social competence while noting the cultural limits of generalisation and the need for future empirical research.

Mots clés

play-based learning ; social skills ; communicative skills ; motor skills; preparatory stage