Enhancing Learning through Play: A developmental perspective for early years settings

ISBN-13: 9781138671287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 124 str.

Christine Macintyre

Opis

This book explains why children need to play and offers practical guidance on how to best support children s development through play. This new edition has been fully updated to reflect changes to the curriculum and early years qualifications and features new chapters on pretend play and the impact of parenting on child development. Addressing practitioners key concerns through a Q&A format, the book explores why children behave as they do at different ages and stages in their development and shows how play can complement and enhance their social, emotional, perceptual motor and intellectual development."

Spis treści

1 Setting the play scene   2 Identifying Children’s learning in different episodes of Play   3 Three critically important issues.  4 Understanding the importance of imitating or copying and pretending - Developing a theory of mind - Building a positive self-esteem.  5 Understanding and Supporting children who find it difficult to play.   6 Understanding sensory integration and the early development of the brain.   Appendix 1 Stepping Stones Showing Progress in Movement and Language.