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• Cover Page
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• About the Author
• Preface
• A Note from the Author
• Add-on material
• 1 Understanding Play: Complexity and Challenge
• The Ideological Tradition
• The Purposes of Play
• Defining Play
• Children’s Definitions
• The Status of Play
• Rhetoric and Reality
• Contemporary Forms of Play
• Lifelong Playing and Learning
• Linking Play in Childhood and Adulthood
• Summary
• Further Reading
• 2 Understanding Children’s Learning: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives
• Why Do Children Play?
• What Are the Main Forms of Play in Early Childhood?
• Piagetian Perspectives on Play, Learning and Development
• Dramatic and Socio-Dramatic Play
• Constructive Play
• Rough-and-Tumble and Superhero Play
• The Variability of Play
• The Problems with Play
• Summary
• Further Reading
• 3 Play in National Policies: International Perspectives
• Play and National Curriculum Policies
• Play in the Early Years Foundation Stage (England)
• Play, Quality and Effectiveness Discourses
• Play and Progression – EYFS to Key Stage 1 (Birth to Seven)
• Policy–Practice Dilemmas – Cinderella’s Glass Slipper?
• Curriculum Models
• Summary
• Further Reading
• 4 Play and the Curriculum
• Defining Curriculum
• Integrated Curriculum and Pedagogical Approaches
• Processes that Link Playing, Learning and Teaching
• Play as an Integrating Process
• The Playing–Learning Environment
• The Concept of Affordance
• The Concept of Scaffolding
• Playing with Literacy
• Playing with Numeracy
• Planning for Progression and Continuity
• Further Reading
• 5 Play and Pedagogy
• Linking Play and Pedagogy: Dilemmas and Challenges
• Play as Pedagogy in the EYFS
• Practitioners’ Roles in Play: Pedagogical Framing and Strategies
• So Can We Define a Pedagogy of Play?
• Further Reading
• 6 Play and Learning in Outdoor Environments
• The Principles of Playing and Learning in Outdoor Environments
• The Concept of Affordance in Outdoor Spaces
• Developing Strategies for Working with Children to Manage Risks and Hazards
• Planning for Progression and Continuity
• Planning for Inclusion, Access and Diversity
• Progression and Continuity
• Further Reading
• 7 Assessing Children’s Learning in Play
• The Principles and Purposes of Assessment
• Forms of Assessment
• The Assessment Process
• Individual Development and Play Plans
• Assessing Socio-Dramatic Play
• Developing Individual Play Plans
• Assessment and Evaluation as Ethical Practice
• Further Reading
• 8 Developing Play
• Knowledge Bases for Teaching and Learning
• Learning to Play: Em’s Story
• Plan–Do–Review: Amanda’s Story
• Creativity in a Nursery Class: Cathie’s Story
• Developing a Playful School
• Funds of Knowledge
• Play Memories
• Improving the Quality of Provision for Play
• Future Directions
• Further Reading
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Author Index
• Subject Index