Play and child development
By: Joe L. Frost, Sue C. Wortham, Stuart Reifel.
Contributors: Wortham, Sue Clark, 1935-; Reifel, Robert Stuart.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780131573123
Subjects: Play -- Social aspects.; Child development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Play's history : ideas, beliefs, and activities; title: Theory as lenses on children's play; title: Neuroscience, play deprivation, and pay-for-play; title: Play : infants and toddlers; title: Play in the preschool years; title: Play and the school-age child; title: Culture and gender in play; title: Play and the curriculum by Jeffrey Trawick-Smith; title: Play and children with disabilities; title: Introduction to play therapy; title: Creating play environments; title: Child safety in public places : indoors and outdoors; title: Play leadership in American and European playgrounds.