Play=learning how play motivates and enhances children's cognitive and social-emotional growth / edited by Dorothy G. Singer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek.

Other author Singer, Dorothy G.
Other author Golinkoff, Roberta M.
Other author Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Variant title Play equals learning
Contents Contributors -- 1. Why play = learning : a challenge for parents and educators / Roberta Michnik Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Dorothy G. Singer -- pt. 1. Challenges to play -- 2. The cognitive child versus the whole child : lessons from 40 years of Head Start / Edward F. Zigler and Sandra J. Bishop-Josef -- 3. The role of recess in primary school / Anthony D. Pellegrini and Robyn M. Holmes -- pt. 2. School readiness-school standards -- 4. Standards, science, and the role of play in early literacy education / James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos -- 5. Make-believe play : wellspring for development of self-regulation / Laura E. Berk, Trisha D. Mann, and Amy T. Ogan -- 6. 'My magic story car' : video-based play intervention to strengthen emergent literacy of at-risk preschoolers / Harvey F. Bellin and Dorothy G. Singer -- 7. Narrative play and emergent literacy : storytelling and story-acting meet journal writing / Ageliki Nicolopoulou, Judith McDowell, and Carolyn Brockmeyer -- 8. Mathematical play and playful mathematics : a guide for early education / Herbert P. Ginsburg -- pt. 3. Media and computers -- 9. Media use by infants and toddlers : a potential for play / Deborah S. Weber -- 10. Computer as paintbrush : technology, play, and the creative society / Mitchel Resnick -- pt. 4. Play with dysfunctional children -- 11. Pretend play and emotion learning in traumatized mothers and children / Wendy Haight, James Black, Teresa Ostler, and Kathryn Sheridan -- 12. Play and autism : facilitating symbolic understanding / Melissa Allen Preissler -- 13. Learning to play and learning through play / Jerome L. Singer -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005027315
ISBN0195304381 (cloth)
ISBN9780195304381 (cloth)

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