Play's the Thing

Promoting Intellectual and Emotional Development in the Early Childhood Years

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Selma Wassermann

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Because unsupervised free play is nature’s way of teaching us the skills we need as adults – the skills of cooperation, making and enforcing rules, compromise, negotiating conflicts, accepting defeat, children have been dependent on others to regulate them. More and more they have become “other directed.” It is no surprise then that during the days of self-quarantine, when schools, playgrounds and other recreational activities were shut down, children were subject to the emotional stresses of having to find their own way. Their self-direction having had little chance of development failed them when they needed it most. This is a book for teachers and parents as well who seek to develop such self-directed, “can-do” children.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-05-13
Mått153 x 223 x 10 mm
Vikt231 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor168
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475869972

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PrefaceIntroductionSection I: Building Blocks of the Can-Do ChildChapter 1: Developing Personal Power Roots of the Power-Control TheoryChapter 2: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Respect for Children and Their ChoicesChapter 3: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Active Learning Experiences that Genuinely Challenge ThinkingChapter 4: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Creative, Unsupervised Play In Support of Play The Play’s the Thing ConclusionSection II: Applications of the theories to PracticeChapter 5: Introduction to the Activities Chapter 6: Debriefing: Using Interactions that Promote ReflectionChapter 7: Serious Players: The Arts Chapter 8: Serious Players: Language ArtsChapter 9: Serious Players: Social StudiesChapter 10: Serious Players: ScienceChapter 11: Serious Players: MathChapter 12: Serious Players: Moral and Ethical DilemmasSection III : EpilogueChapter 13 : What’s Important?

The Play’s the Thing is a sheer joy to read and brim full of practical ideas for parents and teachers who strive to boost the confidence of children as think-for-themselves, can-do people. As a long-time teacher, I know that the routine use of “play-debrief-replay” transforms the learning environment from one of sit-still, meaningless tasks to one of experimentation, creativity and yes, powerful free play. This book is a teacher’s professional development of the highest order.