Book Information

The book that contains the chapters from the conference is:

Singer, D., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (Eds.) (In press). Play=Learning: How play motivates and enhances children’s cognitive and social-emotional growth. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE

Why Play = Learning: A Call for Change [ PDF ]
     Roberta M. Golinkoff
     Kathryn A. Hirsh-Pasek
     Dorothy G. Singer

CHALLENGES TO PLAY

The Cognitive Child vs. the Whole Child: Lessons from 40 Years of Head Start [ PDF ]
     Edward F.Zigler
     Sandra J. Bishop-Josef

The Role of Recess in Primary School [ PDF ]
     Anthony D. Pellegrini
     Robyn M. Holmes

SCHOOL READINESS - SCHOOL STANDARDS

Standards, Science, and the Role of Play in Early Literacy Education [ PDF ]
     James F. Christie
     Kathleen A. Roskos

Make-Believe Play: Wellspring for Development of Self-Regulation [ PDF ]
     Laura E. Berk
     Trisha D. Mann
     Amy T. Ogan

‘My Magic Story Car’: Video-Based Play Intervention to Strengthen Emergent Literacy of At-risk Preschoolers [ PDF ]
     Harvey F. Bellin
     Dorothy G. Singer

Narrative play and emergent literacy: Storytelling and story-acting meets journal writing [ PDF ]
     Ageliki Nicolopoulou
     Judith McDowell
     Carolyn Brockmeyer

Mathematical play and playful mathematics: A guide for early education [ PDF ]
     Herbert P. Ginsburg

MEDIA AND COMPUTERS

Computer as Paint Brush: Technology, Play, and the Creative Society [ PDF ]
     Mitchel Resnick

Media Use by Infants and Toddlers: A Potential for Play [ PDF ]
     Deborah S. Weber

PLAY WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL CHILDREN

Pretend Play and Emotion Learning in Traumatized Mothers and Children [ PDF ]
     Wendy Haight
     James Black
     Teresa Jacobsen
     Kathryn Sheridan

Play and Autism: Facilitating Symbolic Understanding [ PDF ]
     Melissa Allen Preissler

EPILOGUE

Learning to Play and Learning Through Play [ PDF ]
     Jerome L. Singer