Part 1. Setting the Play Context -- -- Play and legislated curriculum : back to basics : an alternative view / Angela Anning -- Learning to play, playing to learn : babies and young children birth to 3 / Ann Langston and Lesley Abbott -- Play and special needs / Theodora Papatheodorou -- -- Part 2. Play, Language and Literacy Development -- -- Play, storytelling and creative writing / David Whitebread and Helen Jameson -- Open-ended role play : supporting creativity and developing identity / Pat Broadhead and Carey English -- Play, literacy and situated learning / Nigel Hall -- Story-making, play and gender / Jane Hislam -- Fantasy play and the case for adult intervention / Neil Kitson -- -- Part 3. Play and the Curriculum -- -- Physical activity and rough-and-tumble play / Peter K. Smith -- Outdoor play and the pedagogic garden / Stephanie Harding -- Science and play / Alan Howe and Dan Davies -- Mathematics and play / Rose Griffiths -- Art in the early years / Bernadette Duffy -- Playing music / Linda Pound -- -- Part 4. Play, Culture and Playful Practitioners -- -- Practitioners and play : reflecting in a different way / Siân Adams -- The importance of play in the transition to school / Hilary Fabian and Aline-Wendy Dunlop -- Play in the early years : the influence of cultural difference / Tricia David and Sacha Powell -- Play, the universe and everything! / Tina Bruce.
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Aims to support those who work in early childhood education and care in developing and implementing the highest quality play experiences for children from birth to middle childhood. This book portrays children as social and active agents in their own play and provides background to research on play theory and practice.
Excellence of play.
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Early childhood education-- Curricula.
Play.
Éducation de la première enfance-- Programmes d'études.