Young Children's Play: Development, Disabilities, and Diversity

Young Childrens Play: Development, Disabilities, and Diversity is a comprehensive introduction to play and development from birth to age 8 years, addressing both typically developing children and those with special needs. It covers various play types and strategies and offers practical strategies for understanding and supporting children with specific disabilities and diverse cultural backgrounds.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 282 pages
Publication date: 12 September 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Young Childrens Play: Development,Disabilities,and Diversity is a comprehensive and accessible guide to play and development from birth to age 8. It introduces readers to various play types and strategies, aiding them in identifying when intervention may be necessary. The book seamlessly addresses both typically developing children and those with special needs, covering dramatic play, blocks, games, motor play, artistic play, and non-traditional forms such as humor, rough-and-tumble play, and more.

Designed to support contemporary classrooms, this text seamlessly integrates practical strategies for understanding and supporting the play of children with specific disabilities and those from diverse cultural backgrounds into every chapter. The book is divided into sections by age group, allowing Trawick-Smith to explore strategies for engaging children with special needs, multicultural backgrounds, and incorporating adult-child play and play intervention.

Emphasizing diversity in play behaviors, each chapter includes vignettes featuring children's play and teacher interactions in classrooms to illustrate core concepts in action. The text is filled with research-based applications for professional practice, making it an essential resource for students of early childhood and special education, as well as teachers and coaches supporting early grades or inclusive classrooms.

Weight: 540g
Dimension: 151 x 227 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367198053