South African Journal of Childhood Education

1. Play-based pedagogy: An approach to advance young children’s holistic development
Prosper Lunga, Stef Esterhuizen, Mariette Koen
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 12  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1133

2. Implementing play pedagogies within rural early childhood development centres: Practitioners’ views
Mmakgabo A. Selepe, Mahudi M. Mofokeng, Blanche N. Hadebe-Ndlovu
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v14i1.1387

3. Promoting playfulness through a play-based occupational therapy intervention: A study protocol
Gaby Rautenbach, Munira Hoosain, Moleen Zunza, Nicola Plastow
African Journal of Disability  vol: 13  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/AJOD.v13i0.1415

4. Encouraging eco-pedagogical awareness through play amongst early childhood development educators: A reflection on the South African context
Deidre Geduld, Felix Okoye
Journal of Education  first page: 101  year: 2026  
doi: 10.17159/2520-9868/i103a06

5. Exploring learning support among parents and teachers of Grade 1 learners in a low income school in South Africa
A Singh, A Wilson Fadiji
South African Journal of Education  vol: 45  issue: 3  first page: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.15700/saje.v45n3a2512

6. Perspectives of fathers on the importance of learning through play among pre-primary-aged children in Nigeria
Tolulope Ojo, Samuel Salama, Yetunde Oluwatosin, Patricia Falope
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy  vol: 20  issue: 1  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1186/s40723-026-00169-2

7. Learning through play in Global Majority countries: reflections from the PEDAL centre on understanding and adapting the concept in four different contexts
Soizic Le Courtois, Chika R. Ezeugwu, Dina D. Fajardo-Tovar, Stephanie K. Nowack, Domnick O. Okullo, Stephen Bayley, Sara Baker, Paul Ramchandani
International Journal of Play  vol: 13  issue: 3  first page: 228  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/21594937.2024.2388952

8. afety and Protection Practices in the Early Childhood Education Centres
Ibiwari Caroline Dike, Mkpoikanke Sunday Otu
International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research  vol: 3  issue: 1  first page: 294  year: 2024  
doi: 10.57012/ijhhr.v3n1.023

9. APPLYING THE COMPETENCY APPROACH TO QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE
Rumyana Gyoreva
InterConf  issue: 16(121)  first page: 50  year: 2022  
doi: 10.51582/interconf.19-20.08.2022.006

10. Perspectives on play for young children with disabilities in South Africa: a qualitative study
Alberta S. J. van der Watt, Veronika Reichenberger, Nomvo DwaDwa-Henda, Quinette Louw, Soraya Seedat, Tracey Smythe
Disability and Rehabilitation  vol: 48  issue: 16  first page: 5269  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2617092

11. Efficacy of indigenous games on literacy and numeracy development in pre-schoolers in Zambia
Grant M. Mwinsa, Murunwa Dagada
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v14i1.1555

12. The effectiveness of Grade 3 teachers’ implementation of poetry through play pedagogies
Charity Z. Fynn, Blanche Ndlovu
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v14i1.1368