Play''s the Thing - Promoting Intellectual Emotional Development in Early Childhood

This is a book for teachers and parents as well who seek to develop such self-directed, "can-do" children.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Section I: Building Blocks of the Can-Do Child
Chapter 1: Developing Personal Power Roots of the Power-Control Theory
Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Respect for Children and Their Choices
Chapter 3: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Active Learning Experiences that Genuinely Challenge Thinking
Chapter 4: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Creative, Unsupervised Play In Support of Play The Play's the Thing Conclusion
Section II: Applications of the theories to Practice
Chapter 5: Introduction to the Activities
Chapter 6: Debriefing: Using Interactions that Promote Reflection
Chapter 7: Serious Players: The Arts
Chapter 8: Serious Players: Language Arts
Chapter 9: Serious Players: Social Studies
Chapter 10: Serious Players: Science
Chapter 11: Serious Players: Math
Chapter 12: Serious Players: Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
Section III : Epilogue
Chapter 13 : What's Important?

About the author

By Selma Wassermann

Summary

This is a book for teachers and parents as well who seek to develop such self-directed, “can-do” children.

Product details

• Authors: Selma Wassermann, Wassermann Selma
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781475869972
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6997-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Early childhood care and education, Pre-school and kindergarten, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies