PACIP - Parent-Child Interactions during Play - FHSE - University of Luxembourg I Uni.lu

Building Bonds: Exploring Parent-Child Interactions Through Block Play

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Feb 2024
Duration in months:

24
Funding:

University of Luxembourg
Principal Investigator(s):

Anke Maria WEBER

Katarzyna BOBROWICZ

About

The PACIP project investigates parent-child interactions during block play and how these interactions are related to parent and child characteristics. Parents and their 4- to 6- year-old children will engage in a 20-minute block play session, involving free play as well as playful activities. The play will be videotaped and analysed for parent-child interactions. The project will address three objectives. First, it will examine parental attitudes towards play and the home learning environment, and how they relate to children’s cognitive and motivational development. Moreover, it will investigate the interplay of parent and child characteristics with their interactions during play. Last, it will look into differences in parent-child interactions between free play and playful activities. The findings from this project will help us understand the effect of play on children’s cognitive and motivational development and how parents can easily enrich the play time of their child.

FlexPS and PACIP