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The Value of Play
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Most recognize that play is good for children yet we are confused by the dangers we see in the wider environment and so often restrict children's natural opportunities to play. As a result children's play has gained increased awareness amongst a variety of professions working with children, many of whom have different approaches to play and children.
The Value of Play is explained using the Integral Play Framework, a model that draws together differing views on the purpose of play and its various types. These ideas are then used as the basis for chapters of the book: showing why playing is valuable to our bodies, our minds, and culturally and socially.
There are examples of how play can be supported both informally and formally, at home and in children's settings. As well as theory, there are relevant, practical approaches for play activities, and observations of playing children to help explain the processes. Key questions are asked at times to help those who may be engaged in a more reflective form of practice.
The Value of Play has been written to be accessible by a broad spectrum of readers, including all those training to work with children; those specifically engaged in playwork as a field in itself; and those on Childhood Studies programmes.
The Value of Play is explained using the Integral Play Framework, a model that draws together differing views on the purpose of play and its various types. These ideas are then used as the basis for chapters of the book: showing why playing is valuable to our bodies, our minds, and culturally and socially.
There are examples of how play can be supported both informally and formally, at home and in children's settings. As well as theory, there are relevant, practical approaches for play activities, and observations of playing children to help explain the processes. Key questions are asked at times to help those who may be engaged in a more reflective form of practice.
The Value of Play has been written to be accessible by a broad spectrum of readers, including all those training to work with children; those specifically engaged in playwork as a field in itself; and those on Childhood Studies programmes.
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1
Chapter
Outline
Defining
play
7
Playing
–
just
for
children?
8
A
definition
of
play
11
The
play
process
12
Notes
16
What
do
we
mean
by
play?
Play
is
what
I
do
when
everyone
else
has
stopped
telling
me
what
to
do.
Sometimes
I
like
to
make
stuff,
sometimes
I
like
to
play
games,
sometimes
I
like
mess-
ing
about,
sometimes
I
don’t
like
doing
anything.
Anonymous
children
1
It
is
in
playing
and
only
in
playing
that
the
individual
child
or
adult
is
able
to
be
creative
and
to
use
the
whole
personality,
and
it
is
only
in
being
creative
that
the
individual
dis-
covers
the
self.
D.
W.
Winnicott
2
Play
is
the
highest
form
of
research.
Albert
Einstein
We’ve
all
seen
very
young
children
lost
in
playing,
where
everything
that
hap-
pens
is
a
joy
and
a
surprise.
Think
of
toddlers
walking
for
the
first
time
–
it’s
hard,
a
challenge
and
it
can
hurt
if
they
get
it
wrong
–
but
when
they
get
it
Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- What will be covered in this book
- 1 What do we mean by play?
- 2 What gets in the way of children playing?
- 3 Why is play valuable?
- 4 Playing actively
- 5 Playing through feelings and thoughts
- 6 Playing through culture
- 7 Playing with others
- 8 Grown-up play
- 9 A play history – From Plato to the play ethic
- 10 The Every Child Matters framework in England
- Appendix
- References
- Index
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