The Brain that Loves to Play
A Visual Guide to Child Development, Play, and Brain Growth
- 232 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Brain that Loves to Play
A Visual Guide to Child Development, Play, and Brain Growth
About this book
This delightful visual book provides an accessible introduction to how play affects the holistic development and brain growth of children from birth to five years. Written by a leading expert, it brings current theory to life by inviting the reader to celebrate the developing brain that loves to play and is hungry for sensitive human interaction and rich play opportunities.
Packed full of images and links to film clips of children playing in a variety of contexts on the companion website, chapters focus on different ages and stages of development, providing snapshots of real play scenarios to explore their play preferences and the theory that underpins their play behaviour. With clear explanations of what is happening in the body and brain at each "stage," this book reveals the richness of the play opportunities on offer and the adult's role in facilitating it. Each chapter follows an easy-to-navigate format which includes:
• Best practice boxes showing how play in different contexts has impacted a child's development
• QR codes linking to short film clips on a companion website to exemplify key points
• Brain and body facts sections providing short accessible explanations of key theories
• Play and pedagogy discussion questions
• Extended material to support the level four descriptors for degree-level study.
With opportunities to dig deeper, full-colour photographs, and a fully integrated companion website, The Brain that Loves to Play is essential reading for all early years students and practitioners and all those with an interest in child development.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding the developing child
- 2 Brain growth
- 3 Understanding play pedagogy
- 4 Play from birth to around one month
- 5 Play from around one month to four months
- 6 Play from around four months to six months
- 7 Play from around six months to nine months
- 8 Play from around nine months to 12 months
- 9 Play from around one year to around 18 months
- 10 Play from around 18 months to 2 years
- 11 Play from around two years to two and a half years
- 12 Play from around two and a half years to three years
- 13 Play from around three years to four years
- 14 Play from around four years to five years plus
- 15 “Hola” – Let's play! A case study
- 16 What's so urgent about play for children? And how does play benefit adults?
- 17 Helpful websites
- Glossary of terms
- References
- Index