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Zosh, Sarah R. Lytle, Roberta M. Golinkoff, & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek  \nHigh-quality language interactions not only support children’s language development but also promote better long-term academic outcomes (Hirsh-Pasek, Adamson et al., 2015; Huttenlocher et al., 2010; Pace et al., 2019; Storch & Whitehurst, 2002) . Interactions in the form of frequent back-and-forth conversations between caregiver and child predict language growth in children (Adamson et al., 2014; Hirsh-Pasek, Adamson et al., 2015), regardless of whether families are from highly resourced or underresourced environments (Masek et al., 2020) .  \nLanguage learning is the single best predictor of later growth in language, literacy, mathematics, and social development (Dickinson & Porche, 2011; Pace et al. , 2019) . However, many families do not have access to educationally enriched spaces that spur high-  \nRACHAEL TODARO, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Psychology, Temple University.  \nBRENNA HASSINGER-DAS, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, Pace University-NYC.  \nJENNIFER M. ZOSH, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University-Brandywine.  \nSARAH R. LYTLE, PhD, is the executive director of Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network. ROBERTA M. GOLINKOFF, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark.  \nKATHY HIRSH-PASEK, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychology, Temple University, and a senior fellow of the Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution.  \nquality language opportunities. This issue leads us to example, a children’s museum installation is curated ask what educators and policymakers can do to expose to facilitate child discovery within the bounds of a children to high-quality interactions that promote lit- well-designed and enriched space. Similarly, a teacher  \neracy skills. might create an exploratory learning activity in which  \nA great deal of literacy instruction takes place in children discover the solution to a problem or create school, where children in Western countries spend a new device from old maker parts (Weisberg et al. , only about 20 percent of their waking time (Meltzoff 2016) . Adults can support guided learning through et al. , 2009) . Up to 80 percent caregiver–child conversations that  \nof children’s time is available for support a variety of outcomes,  \nspecial moments with family, such as language development,  \nfrasiendfors ,afandterscnheigoolhborsactivtiaess . wAelc-l Reduced opportunities for s(chHoadoalrnieadetinale,ss2,a0n2d1; acHhievirsh-ePesntek tivities after school take varied play make it difficult for & Hadani, 2020) . Finally, games forms—not only participating in children to tap into their that integrate content can, like organized afterschool programs communities’ funds of guided play, be used when adults  \nbut alsoand playpglrayingounds ,invipsiubtinligc lpaibrkrars- knowledge (Moll et al., 1992) aregoaalim(Hingassifor anger-pDartasiceulat alr,le2a0rni17n) gies or recreation centers, and go- and cultural expertise as Playful learning encompasses ing to local museums or science familiar literacy resources all three types of play. However, centers. While these community (Dyson, 2006; Wohlwend, the scientific literature suggests educational assets enrich neigh- 2018) . that guided play best improves  \nborhoods, they are not available child outcomes when adults  \nor accessible to all children. Com- have a particular goal in mind  \nmunities with high poverty rates (Fisher et al. , 2013; Weisberg  \nand high percentages of minoritized racial and ethnic et al. , 2016) . Increasing guided play opportunities groups are significantly less likely than more affluent increases caregiver–child interactions in which b","cbCailTu8N6IXnxd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailTu8N6IXnxd","pdf",252863,"English","# Background and Rationale\n## Caregiver–Child Conversations and Development\n# Play and Learning Types\n## Free Play vs Guided Play vs Games\n# Playful Learning Landscapes Initiative\n## Origins and Partnerships","[{\"question\":\"Why are caregiver–child conversations important for literacy outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"Frequent back-and-forth conversations between caregivers and children predict language growth and later development in literacy. 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