Play and the legislated curriculum / Angela Anning --;Starting with play : taking play seriously / Janet Moyles --;Brain development and play / Celia O'Donovan and Val Melnyczuk --;Play and the achievement of potential / Karen Barr and Lynne Truelove --;Reimagining gender and play / Hayne Osgood --;Babies at play : musicians, artists and scientists / Peter Elfer --;Learning from play : hunting and gathering / Rod Parker-Rees --;Play beyond the Foundation Stage / David Whitebread, Helen Jameson, and Marisol Basilio --;Friendship, culture and playful learning / Pat Broadhead and Liz Chesworth --;Young children as researchers in play / Jane Murray --;Re-establishing early years practitioners as play professionals / Justine Howard and Peter King --;Permission to play / Kathy Goouch --;Developing play pedagogy through critically reflective practice / Sue Rogers and Chris Brown --;Work or play : how children learn to read the signals / Jan Georgeson and Jane Payler --;Play and transitions : helping 'newly arrived children' settle into school / Hilary Fabian and Aline-Wendy Dunlop --;Engaging playfully with media and materials / Kathy Ring --;In tune with play / Linda Pound --;Adventurous play outdoors / Helen Tovey --;Playful explorations and new technologies / Nicola Yelland --;Mathematics and the ecology of pretend play / Maulfry Worthington --;Play, literacy and language learning / Helen Bradford --;Children's fantasy role play : why adults should join in / Neil Kitson --;Play with children from diverse cultures / Karen Barr and Penny Borkett --;International dimensions of play and transitions / Sally Peters.
This is a must-read book for all students studying early childhood at a range of levels and practitioners who are looking to deepen their understanding of play and playful practices.