What is included with this book?
Acknowledgements | p. x |
Introduction | p. 1 |
What will be covered in this book | p. 2 |
What do we mean by play? | p. 6 |
Defining play | p. 7 |
Playing - just for children? | p. 8 |
A definition of play | p. 11 |
The play process | p. 12 |
Notes | p. 16 |
What gets in the way of children playing? | p. 18 |
Family and friends | p. 19 |
Legislation impacting on children | p. 21 |
Influences of the media | p. 22 |
Concerns with `safety' | p. 24 |
Children need to take risks | p. 25 |
Notes | p. 28 |
Why is play valuable? | p. 30 |
Ways of looking at play | p. 32 |
The Integral Play Framework | p. 33 |
Levels of ability and understanding | p. 37 |
Different types of play - play types | p. 45 |
Notes | p. 48 |
Playing actively | p. 50 |
Starting early | p. 52 |
Using our bodies actively | p. 58 |
Supporting access to the wider environment | p. 59 |
Enhancing spaces for play | p. 64 |
Using the elements | p. 68 |
Notes | p. 71 |
Playing through feelings and thoughts | p. 73 |
How the brain and mind work | p. 74 |
Perceptual play | p. 77 |
Impulsive play | p. 77 |
Emotional play | p. 78 |
Imaginative play | p. 79 |
Getting serious - deep play | p. 81 |
All in the mind? | p. 84 |
Notes | p. 85 |
Playing through culture | p. 87 |
Influences on cultural play | p. 88 |
Games that children play | p. 90 |
Playful and creative approaches | p. 92 |
Play with roles | p. 95 |
Rituals and play | p. 100 |
Notes | p. 101 |
Playing with others | p. 103 |
Playing at home | p. 104 |
Playing in groups | p. 105 |
Children and gender | p. 109 |
Communication play | p. 110 |
Social play | p. 112 |
Participation - listening to children and young people | p. 114 |
Playing globally | p. 119 |
Notes | p. 120 |
Grown-up play | p. 122 |
How adults play | p. 124 |
Staying playful | p. 128 |
A `beautiful intelligence' | p. 130 |
Daemon or Demon | p. 134 |
A playful intelligence | p. 136 |
Notes | p. 138 |
A play history - From Plato to the play ethic | p. 140 |
Notes | p. 152 |
The Every Child Matters framework in England | p. 154 |
Playwork services' contribution to the Every Child Matters outcomes | p. 155 |
Notes | p. 157 |
Appendix | p. 158 |
References | p. 159 |
Index | p. 163 |
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