Mom Crew is excited to partner with NYU’s BabyChildTeen research cohort of accomplished PhDs for a monthly Lunch and Learn series. In October, Dr. Catherine Tamis-LeMonda will give a fascinating talk on the importance of play in a child’s everyday life. This informal workshop will illustrate the many ways that play fosters learning about the world.
Children live in the moment. They do not keep tabs on time, worry about being late, or attempt to fit many pressing obligations into a day. Instead, they play. During play, children learn language, math concepts, motor skills, and ways to interact with others socially and emotionally. And, different types of play foster different skills in children, thereby underscoring the importance of play variety in everyday life.
Dr. Tamis-LeMonda will discuss the role of play at each stage of development and share strategies that parents can use to incorporate playtime into children’s everyday routines. She will also discuss ways that parents can engage with children as key play partners during a critical period in development: Children’s first years of life prior to formal schooling.
There will be time for some questions at the end. Tickets are $10 and registration will be closed 1 hour before the event.
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Tickets are nonrefundable but may be transferred to another mom by emailing Emily@MyMomCrew.com.
About Dr. Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
I conduct my research at NYU Steinhardt's Play and Language Lab, where we examine infant and toddler learning and development in social and cultural contexts. I seek to understand how developing skills across a variety of domains reciprocally affect one another concurrently and over time (the theoretical construct of “developmental cascades”). In particular, we study language, communication, and play/exploratory behaviors, and how mothers’ and fathers’ interactions with children –such as contingent responsiveness and richness of child-directed language – relate to children’s developmental trajectories and, conversely, how emerging skills in children influence their everyday learning experiences and interactions with parents. We examine these bi-directional processes in children from diverse economic and ethnic backgrounds using longitudinal analyses, naturalistic observations at home, laboratory studies, and interviews with parents. Our research team includes undergraduates, Masters students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral fellows who share a commitment to advancing a nuanced understanding of how learning and development unfolds in different cultural and ethnic groups in the United States and internationally.
BabyChildTeen@NYU is a collection of developmental research labs at the Washington Square campus of New York University. We study how kids develop and grow over time, and we want our research to be accessible to families all over New York City.
We encourage you to sign up to participate in online research studies, which are available for children of all ages, from newborns to teenagers. They’re a great way to engage your children, and you'll have the opportunity to speak to developmental psychologists about any questions you may have regarding child development. Once it is safe to do so, we will also resume in-person studies and we would love to have you visit our labs.
Sign up to be invited to upcoming research studies (no obligation to participate). Also, be sure to check out our Facebook page for more information about events and studies. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at babychildteen@nyu.edu or give us a call at (212) 998-9058.
