An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers develop their early childhood curriculum using developmentally and culturally appropriate practice. Distinguished author Olivia N. Saracho offers a theoretical framework for understanding the origins of an early childhood play-based curriculum and illuminates how young children learn […]
Hara Marano, editor-at-large and the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, has been watching a disturbing trend: kids are growing up to be wimps. They can’t make their own decisions, cope with anxiety, or handle difficult emotions without going off the deep end. Teens lack leadership skills. College students engage in deadly binge drinking. Graduates can’t […]
This is a booklet published by the International Play Association (IPA). It includes a glossary of play-related terms and acronyms – ‘Publisher’ link will download PDF of booklet. Article 31 of the UNCRC (United Nations Committee on the Rights of Children) recognizes the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play […]
Why Play Works is aimed at educators, school administrators and parents, it provides a road map for schools and parents to create playful experiences through which students learn to navigate the demands of social connection. The book features sections on: – Why Play: The importance of intentionally integrating play in day-to-day school operations-especially in this […]
Most recognize that play is good for children yet we are confused by the dangers we see in the wider environment and so often restrict children’s natural opportunities to play. As a result children’s play has gained increased awareness amongst a variety of professions working with children, many of whom have different approaches to play […]
Almost exactly 10 years ago Project Head Start was born out of the federal government’s “War on Poverty.” For the first time, a comprehensive program of services for young children (2-5 year-olds) and their families was launched nation-wide. The years since then have been marked by intense activity in early childhood education. Never before has […]
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 authenticity. These help us stay […]
In Play and the Human Condition, Thomas Henricks brings together ways of considering play to probe its essential relationship to work, ritual, and communitas. Focusing on five contexts for play–the psyche, the body, the environment, society, and culture–Henricks identifies conditions that instigate play, and comments on its implications for those settings. Offering a general theory […]
Based on the exceptional scholarship of distinguished sociologist Thomas S. Henricks, this penetrating, accessible, and wide-ranging collection presents the culmination of his efforts through the American Journal of Play in particular to elucidate what play is and what it means to human beings. The book presents five of his original essays and an interview that […]
A study of child development in terms of systematic and representative imitation, the structure and symbolism of games and dreams, and the movement from sensory-motor schemas to conceptual schemas. Source: Publisher It’s a difficult read, but I do recommend it if you want to really learn about childhood and how children learn – one of […]
The Playful Brain is an erudite exploration of the science and mystery of play. The book is targeted to a general audience – but an educated one – with a strong interest in the adaptive nature of play in human and non-human animals. The book synthesizes decades of research on animal play, with several chapters […]
Some investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding of the biology and psychology of emotion. In Affective Neuroscience, Jaak Panksepp provides the […]
In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral organization, and psychology. Is play essential to development? Is it the driving force behind human and animal behavior? What is the proper […]
Making Sense of Play straightforwardly describes how self-chosen, engaging and satisfying play is best for children. It explores how adults can best support children’s free play with an approach that is holistic, inclusive and practical and offers clear tools to highlight better ways of relating to and providing for playing children. The book extends two […]
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 who may be engaged in […]
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