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Library Books about Play Theory Haight, Wendy L. and Miller, Peggy J. Pretending at Home: Early Development in a Sociocultural Context. 1993. Hellendorn, Joop; Sutton-Smith, Brian; Van der Koolj, Rimmert (eds.). Play and Intervention. 1994. Herron, R. E. and Sutton-Smith, Brian. Child's Play. 1982. Huizinga, Johan. Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture. Boston: The Beacon Press, 1950. Moyles, Janet R. (ed.) The Excellence of Play. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press, 2002. Pellegrini, Anthony D. (ed.) The Future of Play Theory. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995.
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Adults who criticise teachers for allowing children to play are unaware that play is the principal means of learning in early childhood. It is the way through which children reconcile their inner lives with external reality. In play, children gradually develop concepts of causal relationships, the power to discriminate, to make judgements, to analyse and synthesise, to imagine and to formulate. Children become absorbed in their play and the satisfaction of bringing it to a satisfactory conclusion fixes habits of concentration which can be transferred to other learning. --BASS Early Years Advisory Team | | |
