Play in the Lives of Children

Play in the Lives of Children

Authors: Cosby S. Rogers and Janet K. Sawyers

Price: $14.95
SKU: PLC-88A

This textbook is required for the CARE COURSE: Child Development Through Play

Back Cover:
Our society has become increasingly complex, competitive, and fast-paced. As a result, children’s spontaneous play is being replaced with structured activities, both at home and in school. Unfortunately, worksheets and drill are not likely to give children the skills and attitudes about learning and life they will need to be able to adapt to the demands of the future.

What is the best way for children to make the most of their lives? They must engage in self-paced, child-controlled play! Find out why play is so important, and how to support it, in this convincing review of what we know about how children grow and learn. What you find will change the way you teach or parent children from birth though their primary school years. Don’t let your children waste another precious minute of their childhood!

Sample Chapters

Play Is Life for Young Children

+ What is the difference between exploration and play?
+ Play is the essence of life
+ Children are actively involved

Different Ways To Look at Play

+ How play changes with cognitive and physical development
+ How play changes with social development
+ The True Cost of Quality in Early Care and Education Programs

How Play Changes as Children Develop

+ What and how children practice
+ Changes in children's social interaction
+ Changes in children's symbolic play
+ Children play with rules

How Play Relates to Other Behavior

Factors That Influence Play

Ways to Encourage Play

+ Ways to encourage constructive play
+ Always support symbolic play
+ Provide games with rules
+ Strategies for handling play-related problems