
Enhancing Learning through Play
A developmental perspective for early years settings
Christine Macintyre(Author)
David Fulton Publishers Ltd
Published on 23. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-85346-761-5 (ISBN)
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Description
By highlighting the learning potential within different play activities, this book shows how play can complement and enhance the social, emotional, perceptual motor and intellectual development of children in their early years.
Each of these aspects are explored in depth, so that early years practitioners may understand why children behave as they do at different ages and stages in their development. Understanding children in their own context underlies decisions for intervention or non-intervention in their play, and this text shows how this can be done sensitively and in a manner which supports and extends their learning. Related issues of immense importance to children and their carers are discussed, such as, the development of emotional intelligence, gender bias and making friends, suggestions to help children who find play difficult.
This book should be of interest to early years teachers, nursery nurses, classroom assistants and parents.
Each of these aspects are explored in depth, so that early years practitioners may understand why children behave as they do at different ages and stages in their development. Understanding children in their own context underlies decisions for intervention or non-intervention in their play, and this text shows how this can be done sensitively and in a manner which supports and extends their learning. Related issues of immense importance to children and their carers are discussed, such as, the development of emotional intelligence, gender bias and making friends, suggestions to help children who find play difficult.
This book should be of interest to early years teachers, nursery nurses, classroom assistants and parents.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
0 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85346-761-5 (9781853467615)
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Enhancing Learning through Play
A developmental perspective for early years settings
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Person
Christine Macintyre is on the Faculty of Education of the University of Edinburgh
Content
What is Play?; Why is it a good idea to study play within a developmental framework? Social and emotional development; Perceptual motor development; Intellectual development; Children who have difficulty playing.