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Library Books about Play Theory Piaget, Jean. Play, Dreams and Imitations. New York: Norton, 1962. Reifel, Stuart. Play & Culture Studies, Volume 2: Play Contexts Revisited. 1999. Russ, Sandra Walker. Affect and Creativity: The Role of Affect and Play in the Creative Process. 1993 Shlomo, Ariel. Children's Imaginative Play: A Visit to Wonderland. 2002. Singer, Dorothy G. and Singer Jerome L. Partners in Play. 1977. Singer, Dorothy G. with Singer, Jerome L. The House of Make-Believe: Children's Play and the Developing Imagination. 1990. Singer, Jefferson A. and Salovey, Peter (eds.) At Play in the Fields of Consciousness: Essays in Honor of Jerome L. Singer. 1999.
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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 | | |
