Outdoor Play: Teaching Strategies With Young Children

by Perry, Jane P.

• ISBN13: 9780807741177
• ISBN10: 0807741175
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

How do children make sense of their world? This engaging book adds keen insight into why outdoor play is a significant yet frequently overlooked aspect of young children's development. Analyzing play within a framework of "initiation, negotiation, and enactment," Jane Perry not only shows how teachers can support self-directed pretend play, but also connects and illustrates theories of play and children's culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Doris Pronin Fromberg
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
Outdoor Play	1	(25)
A Play Area as an Ecology	3	(2)
The Play Yard as a Complex Learning Environment	5	(3)
Pretend Play with Peers	8	(8)
The Roles of the Teacher	16	(3)
Teacher Profiles	19	(5)
The Classroom Teaching Culture	24	(2)
Needles	26	(16)
Initiation and Negotiation Phases of the Episode	27	(4)
Enactment Phase of the Episode	31	(7)
Review of the Episode	38	(4)
Making a New Road	42	(12)
Initiation and Negotiation Phases of the Episode	43	(2)
Enactment Phase of the Episode	45	(7)
Review of the Episode	52	(2)
``The Dam is Breaking''	54	(14)
Initiation Phase of the Episode	55	(1)
Negotiation Phase of the Episode	56	(1)
Enactment Phase of the Episode	56	(9)
Review of the Episode	65	(3)
Two Guys	68	(15)
Initiation and Negotiation Phases of the Episode	69	(3)
Enactment Phase of the Episode	72	(7)
Review of the Episode	79	(3)
The Primacy of the Play Episode	82	(1)
Teacher Strategies in the Play Yard	83	(21)
Indirect Coordination of the Ecology	84	(8)
Direct Intervention in the Play Episode	92	(12)
The Social and Cultural Organization of the Play Yard	104	(15)
Play Routines Serving the Peer Culture	105	(9)
The Teacher Culture and Expectations for Valued Behavior	114	(3)
Conclusion	117	(2)
References	119	(4)
Index	123	(5)
About the Author	128