Playing to Get SmartPracticing what it preaches, Playing to Get Smart will be a playful reading experience for teachers and parents alike. With jokes, riddles, and stories sprinkled throughout, the authors show how important play is for children of all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, from birth to age 8. This provocative challenge to teachers and parents of young children demonstrates why play is the most effective way for children to develop critical life skills such as thinking creatively and social problem solving. It explains why teachers need to provide opportunities for quality play and why parents need to understand the benefits of play for their children. |
Contents
Enjoying Complexity | 10 |
Choosing Ones Play and Work | 19 |
The Democratic Vision | 29 |
Bicultural Competence | 39 |
Letting Children in on the Secrets | 52 |
Good Guys Bad Guys | 64 |
Letting the Bad Guys Go | 77 |
Play Across the Generations | 89 |
Whats Wrong with This Picture? | 103 |
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About the Authors 125 | |
Common terms and phrases
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