The handbook is composed of chapters by authors who discuss the important features of particular types of toys, provide information related to the developmental importance of this type of toy, discuss social and cultural issues engendered by play with such toys, and review the available research on the characteristics and...
Strategic Play: The Creative Facilitator’s Guide
Jacqueline Lloyd Smith and Denise Meyerson collectively have over 50 years’ global experience in the design and delivery of incredible learning experiences for clients in the private and public sectors. They have partnered with top tier, medium size, and small corporate clients to produce events that rock. They are now...
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD. Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your...
Serious Work: How to Facilitate Meetings & Workshops Using the Lego Serious Play Method
LEGO® Serious Play® is thriving. How is it that a child's toy, has become a serious strategy tool used by some of the worlds best known organisations? And what might be the relevance of this method in your work? LEGO® Serious Play® is the result of 15 years development. A...
Risk, Failure, Play: What Dance Reveals about Martial Arts Training
Risk, Failure, Play illuminates the many ways in which competitive martial arts differentiate themselves from violence. Presented from the perspective of a dancer and writer, this book takes readers through the politics of everyday life as experienced through training in a range of martial arts practices such as jeet kune...
Play: Ideas, Exercises, and Little Ways to Add More Fun to Every Day
"Do you remember the joy of recess? It was a magical time to explore, to dream, and to turn the world into your playground. Consider this book your recess! Filled with ideas, prompts, and fun-filled games, Play is an activity book for the childlike explorer inside you. It is an...
Deep Nature Play: A Guide to Wholeness, Aliveness, Creativity, and Inspired Learning
When absorbed in deep play our sensory awareness is heightened, we become immersed in the present moment and feel intensely alert and alive. Because play is fun and rewarding, we operate at the peak of our mental and physical capacity. Animals love to play. Crows will slide on their backs...
Why Normal Isn’t Healthy: How to Find Heart, Meaning, Passion & Humor on the Road Most Traveled
Explains that laughter, misbehavior, and making mistakes are crucial to our physical and emotional well being. The author's premise: we are meant to stay in a developmental process throughout the life cycle, staying in touch with the wonderful behavioral characteristics of the child e.g., curiosity, playfulness, experimental mindedness, plasticity and...
Plan for People Play – Building Early Social Communication Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Social Communication Difficulties
There are examples of how play can be supported both informally and formally, at home and in children's settings. As well as theory, there are relevant, practical approaches for play activities, and observations of playing children to help explain the processes. Key questions are asked at times to help those...
