Research on Young Childrens Humor: Theoretical and Practical Implications for E [Paperback]

This book provides a wide spectrum of research on young childrens humor and illuminates the depth and complexity of humor development in children from birth through age 8 and beyond. It highlights the work of pioneers in young childrens humor research including Paul McGhee, Doris Bergen, and Vasu Reddy. Presenting a variety of new perspectives, the book examines such issues as play, humor, laughing and pleasure within the context of learning and development. It looks at humor, wordplay and cartoons that can be used as educational tools in the classroom. Finally, it provides explorations of humor within a cultural and spiritual context. The book presents diverse and creative methods to study humor and provides practical implications for adults working with children. The book offers a powerful springboard for moving research and practice toward a deeper understanding of young childrens humor as an integral and meaningful component of early development and learning. 

Preface.- 1. Young childrens humor; Eleni Loizou and Susan L. Recchia.- SECTION 1: Development and Learning.- 2. Young Childrens Play and Humor Development: A Close Theoretical Partnership; Doris Bergen.- 3. Humor, social laughing, and pleasure to function: Three sources of laughter that are intrinsically connected in early childhood; Elly Singer.- 4. Humor styles in younger children; Lucy Amelia James and Claire Louise Fox.- 5. The development of 3-5-year-old-childrens sense of humor and the relationships among childrens temperament and parents humor style in China; Wen Liu.- SECTION 2: Teaching and Classroom.- 6. Humor in the ECE Classroom: A Neglected form of Play whose Time has Come; Paul McGhee.- 7. Childrens visual and verbal humorous productions after participating in a series of creative activities and flÓ#