Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education

Taylor & Francis

The Importance of Play in Early Childhood EducationPsychoanalytic, Attachment, and Developmental Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Marilyn Charles, Jill Bellinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138749924, 978-1138749924\nSynopsis\nThe Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education presents various theories of play and demonstrates how it serves communicative, developmental, and relational functions, highlighting the importance and development of the capacity to play in terms useful to early childhood educators. The book explicitly links trauma, development, and interventions in the early childhood classroom specifically for teachers of young children, offering accessible information that can help teachers better understand the meanings of childrens expressive acts. \n\nContributors from education, psychoanalysis, and developmental psychology explore techniques of play, how cultural influences affect how children play, .