Play, Development and Early Education [Paperback]

• I. THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY.
• 1. Beliefs About Play.
• 2. Theories of Play.
• II. PLAY AND DEVELOPMENT.
• 3. Play, Development, and Assessment: Birth to Eight Years.
• 4. Diversity and Individual Differences in Play.
• 5. Play's Role in Development.
• 6. Play Contexts: Physical Environment, Social Ecology, and Culture.
• III. PLAY AND EDUCATION.
• 7. Play's Role in Education.
• 8. Enriching Classroom Play: Materials and Curriculum.
• 9. Enriching Classroom Play: Teaching Strategies and Facilitation Techniques.
• 10. Play for Children with Special Needs and Circumstance.
• 11. Popular Culture, Media, and Technology.
• 12. Outdoor Play.

 

Discover the universal language of childhood!

Play, Development, and Early Education challenges the reader to discover what play is and how to incorporate it into a curriculum for children from toddlerhood through the primary grades. The nature of play as a mode for learning is examined through three core ideas: the quality of play in early childhood, play as a means of self-expression, and play as a clS.