To play or not to play
Subtitle: is it really a question?
By: Christine Jeandheur Ferguson and Ernest Dettore, Jr., editors.
Contributors: Ferguson, Christine Jeandheur.; Dettore, Ernest.
Publisher: Association for Childhood Education International; Association for Childhood Education Internati
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Olney, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780871731708
Subjects: Play.; Early childhood education -- Philosophy.; Child development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Play and the brain / Doris Bergen; title: Playful activities as mediators in a culturally and linguistically diverse world : a global perspective / Tunde Szecsi & Debra A. Giambo; title: The value and contribution of play to preschoolers' development / Ernest Dettore, Jr.; title: A play-based curriculum to promote literacy development / Christine Jeandheur Ferguson; title: The shaping of children's cultural identities through play / Carol McNulty; title: The arts and play(fulness) / Howard Booth, Linda Ehrlich, Elizabeth Deasy; title: Play and the child with disabilities / Sonia Mastrangelo & Isabel Killoran; title: Outdoor play / Kathleen Burriss.