In "Children's Play", leading experts in play research, child development, and early childhood education examine recent policy decisions and demonstrate the importance of play in helping children learn basic literacy skills, social awareness, and creative problem solving. Readers will also find a comprehensive summary of the developmental benefits of play, examples of how research has been applied in practice, a multicultural perspective on play, and ideas for how to play imaginative games with children.
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"A powerful, research-based case for the value of play in producing emotionally healthy children." -- Deborah Stipek, PhD, Dean of the School of Education at Stanford University
"Parents and teachers need to read this to understand the many connections between play and literacy." -- T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Harvard Medical School
"Parents and teachers need to read this to understand the many connections between play and literacy." -- T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Harvard Medical School
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Dr. Edward F. Zigler, Ph.D., is a Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, at Yale University. He was the first Director of the Office of Child Development (now the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families) and Chief of the U.S. Children’s Bureau. He was also a member of the planning committee of Head Start.
Dorothy G. Singer, EdD, is a Senior Research Scientist with the Department of Psychology and Child Study Center at Yale University, and she is Co-director of the Yale University Family Television Research and Consultation Center.
Sandra J. Bishop-Josef, PhD, is Assistant Director of the Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy. She directs the Center’s fellowship training program and co-teaches a laboratory course in child development and social policy.
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The sixteen contributors are experts in play research,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Children's Play: The Roots of Reading (Paperback)
Collaboratively compiled and deftly edited by Edward F. Zigler (Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale University), Dorothy G. Singer (Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Psychology and Child Study Center, Yale University), and Sandra J. Bishop-Josef (Assistant Director of the Yale Center In Child Development and Social Policy), Children's Play: The Roots Of Reading is a collection of essays providing the reader with summaries of contemporary and extensive empirical research into the value of play for both cognitive and social development. The sixteen contributors are leading experts in play research, child development, and early childhood education. The cumulative effect of the contributions is to underscore the importance of play in enabling children to learn basic literacy skills, achieve social awareness, and in developing and implementing creative problem solving skills. Children's Play is especially recommended for its comprehensive summary of the developmental benefits of play enhanced with examples of how research has been applied in practice, together with multicultural perspectives on play and ideas for how to play imaginative games with children. Children's Play is very highly recommended and quite accessible reading for parents, teachers, preschool staff members, and students in the field of Child Development.
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This review is from: Children's Play: The Roots of Reading (Paperback)
This book was new; still in the plastic. Delivery was as expected-on the early side of the estimated time.
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