Jamie Leach

Biographic Data

ID6726460
NAMEJamie Leach
GIVEN NAMESJamie
FAMILY NAMELeach
SIGNATURELEACH J
AFFILIATIONSMacEwan University
ORCID0000-0001-9730-3953
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Creative Process and Co-Research with the Early Years through Flight

    Open AccessRobyn Ayles, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey et al.ARTICLEPerformance Matters2023

    Practice-based research that meaningfully engages with very young children (ages eighteen months to five years) as co-researchers presents wonderful opportunities to co-imagine possibilities together, but it also presents challenges related to communication, a democratic process, and children’s agency. In this article, we discuss how The Urban Wildlife Project uses Flight: Alberta’s Early Learning and Care Framework to help our creative team have…

  • The chug is coming through!” “There's two chuggas!”

    Open AccessNimachia Howe, Amy L Paine et al.ARTICLESocial Development2023References: 4

    Imitation is argued to have an important affiliative function in social relationships. However, children's tendency to imitate different play partners during naturalistic play and associations with social understanding have been overlooked. We investigated the frequency and context of imitation in a longitudinal study of 65 focal children (T1: M age = 56.4 months, SD = 5.71) during play with their older or younger sibling and a friend in two sepa…

  • Children’s Connectedness with Siblings and Friends from Early to Middle Childhood during Play

    Jamie Leach, Nimachia Howe et al.ARTICLEEarly Education and Development2022

    The purpose of the present study was to investigate children’s connected communication during play with a sibling and friend from early to middle childhood. Participants included 65 4-year-old focal children at time 1 (T1) and 46 7-year-old focal children at time 2 (T2) who were videotaped at home in separate semi-structured free play sessions with an older or younger sibling and a same-aged friend at both time points. Data were coded for connect…

  • This is a mailbox, right?”

    Open AccessNimachia Howe, Jamie Leach et al.ARTICLEJournal of Early Childhood Research2021References: 5

    Play materials designed to enhance children’s pretense were investigated; namely, how the specific characteristics of the play sets (thematically open-ended village set vs thematically closed-ended train set) influenced children’s play communication regarding their co-construction of shared meanings. Participants included 44 7-year-old focal children playing with both play sets with an older or younger sibling and a same-age friend. Play set diff…

  • An Earthquake Shocked Up the Land!’ Children's Communication During Play With Siblings and Friends

    Open AccessJamie Leach, Nimachia Howe et al.ARTICLESocial Development2014Cited by: 4References: 9

    The construction of shared meanings strategies (e.g., introductions, extensions) and use of internal state language (e.g., references to mental states) during play were examined across two relationship contexts (siblings and friends) in 65 focal kindergarten‐aged children ( M age = 56.4 months; SD = 5.71 months). Strategies to construct shared meanings were associated with play session; specifically focal children employed introductions more ofte…