Table of Contents

1. What Is Play and Why Is It Important?; 2. Types of Play, Culture, and Disabilities; 3. Social Play: Development and Variations; 4. Adult–Child Play Interactions and Play Intervention; 5. The Play of Infants and Toddlers; 6. The Play of Preschool and Kindergarten Children; 7. The Play of Primary Age Children

About the Author

Jeffrey Trawick-Smith is Professor Emeritus in the Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University, USA.