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The Play's the Thing

Promoting Intellectual and Emotional Development in the Early Childhood
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Because unsupervised free play is nature's way of teaching us the skills we need as adults - the skills of cooperation, making and enforcing rules, compromise, negotiating conflicts, accepting defeat, children have been dependent on others to regulate them. More and more they have become "other directed." It is no surprise then that during the days of self-quarantine, when schools, playgrounds and other recreational activities were shut down, children were subject to the emotional stresses of having to find their own way. Their self-direction having had little chance of development failed them when they needed it most. This is a book for teachers and parents as well who seek to develop such self-directed, "can-do" children.
Selma Wassermann is professor emerita in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and holder of the University Award for Teaching Excellence.
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?
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