To play or not to play : is it really a question? /

To play or not to play : is it really a question? / Christine Jeandheur Ferguson and Ernest Dettore, Jr., editors. - Olney, MD. : Association for Childhood Education International, c2007. - 101 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Play and the brain / Doris Bergen -- Playful activities as mediators in a culturally and linguistically diverse world : a global perspective / Tunde Szecsi & Debra A. Giambo -- The value and contribution of play to preschoolers' development / Ernest Dettore, Jr. -- A play-based curriculum to promote literacy development / Christine Jeandheur Ferguson -- The shaping of children's cultural identities through play / Carol McNulty -- The arts and play(fulness) / Howard Booth, Linda Ehrlich, Elizabeth Deasy -- Play and the child with disabilities / Sonia Mastrangelo & Isabel Killoran -- Outdoor play / Kathleen Burriss.

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Play.
Early childhood education--Philosophy.
Child development.

LB 1137 .T585 2007