Children's Play: The Roots of Reading / Edition 1

by Edward Zigler PhD, Dorothy G Singer, Sandra J Bishop-Josef

Overview

Zigler (Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University) assembles experts in play research, child development, and early childhood education to examine recent policy decisions affecting play in the early childhood classroom and to demonstrate the importance of play in helping children learn basic literacy skills, social awareness, and creative problem solving. Contributors summarize the developmental benefits of play, give examples of how research has been applied in practice, and offer a multicultural perspective. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780943657752
Publisher:	Zero To Three Press
Publication date:	03/28/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 8.72(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword--The Promise of Play for Human Development	v
	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	ix
1	Play Under Siege: A Historical Overview	1
2	Development in the First Years of Life	15
3	The Roots and Fruits of Pretending	33
4	Real and Not Real: A Vital Developmental Dichotomy	49
5	School Readiness and Children's Play: Contemporary Oxymoron or Compatible Option?	59
6	Fostering School Achievement and Creativity Through Sociodramatic Play in the Classroom	77
7	Examining the Play-Literacy Interface: A Critical Review and Future Directions	95
8	Play in the Multicultural World of Children: Implications for Adults	125
9	Revisiting Shared Meaning: Looking Through the Lens of Culture and Linking Shared Pretend Play Through Proto-Narrative Development to Emergent Literacy	143
10	Play and School Readiness	159
11	Encouraging School Readiness Through Guided Pretend Games	175
	Afterword	189
	List of Contributors	191
	Index	193