The excellence of play (Open University Press, 2011)
Previous ed.: 2005
Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. Setting the play context. Play and legislated curriculum / Angela Anning -- Work or play: how children learn to read the signals about activity type in today's early years provision / Jan Georgeson and Jane Payler -- Permission to play / Kathy Goouch -- Hunting and gathering: how play helps us to let in, as well as to get in, information about our environment / Rod Parker-Rees -- pt. 2. Play, language and literacy. Playing or having fun? Dilemmas in early literacy / Marian Whitehead -- Play beyond the foundation stage: storytelling, creative writing and self-regulation in able 6-7 year olds / David Whitebread and Helen Jameson -- Children's fantasy role play: why adults should join in / Neil Kitson -- pt. 3. Play and curriculum. Art in the early years / Bernadette Duffy -- Playing music / Linda Pound -- Science and play / Alan Howe and Dan Davies -- Mathematics and play / Rose Griffiths -- Forest School: playing on the wild side / Sara Knight -- pt. 4. Play, pedagogy and culture in early education. The developmental and therapeutic potential of play: re-establishing teachers as play professionals / Justine Howard -- Building friendship through playful learning in the early years / Pat Broadhead -- Personalising transitions: how play can help 'newly arrived children' settle into school / Hilary Fabian and Aline-Wendy Dunlop -- Play in the early years: the influence of cultural difference / Sacha Powell and Tricia David -- Play and the achievement of potential / Theodora Papatheodorou -- Play, the universe and everything! / Tina Bruce