Preschoolers at Play: Choosing the Right Stuff for Learning and Development, Paperback

Playing Is Learning

The research is clear: Play is a
critical part of the learning process for young children. Early childhood
educators have the opportunity to deeply and meaningfully scaffold children's
learning by curating and organizing the "stuff" children love to play with
most. With this book, discover ideas for both familiar and new play materials
and how those materials support the cognitive, social and emotional, and
physical learning and development of children ages 3 to 5.

This practical, easy-to-read resource

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Presents
foundational information organized around the who, why, how, and what of using
play materials to support preschoolers' learning and development

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Provides
suggestions for play materials and describes why they are useful for different
aspects related to each learning and development domain

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Offers
activity ideas as well as examples of questions to ask and comments to make
that can extend children's understanding as they engage in play

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Includes
tips for developmentally appropriate ways to embed technology in children's
play

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Recommends
more than 90 children's books that go hand-in-hand with each learning and
development domain

Be inspired to take a look at your early
learning setting through fresh eyes and enhance the quality of your program by
providing play materials and experiences that nurture the learning,
development, and well-being of each preschooler you teach.

Lisa Mufson Bresson, MEd, is an early childhood education consultant
with Beyond Boundaries, LLC, and coauthor of NAEYC's bestselling book Big Questions for Young Minds: Extending
Children's Thinking. She leads workshops and presentations at local, state,
national, and international conferences, thriving on the connections she makes
with learners--both big and little!--on a daily basis. Since 2008, she has been a
contributing author to Teaching Young
Children (TYC), NAEYC's magazine for preschool teachers, and serves on TYC's advisory board. She is a former program manager for Grow NJ
Kids, New Jersey's statewide Quality Rating and Improvement System for early
childhood programs. Previously, Lisa taught in urban public preschool settings
for over a decade.

Megan King, MEd, is a preschool teacher at Passaic Public
Schools in Passaic, New Jersey. She has worked in the field of early childhood
education for over 10 years. She is active in the makerspace movement and has
presented on and coauthored several articles on incorporating hands-on "maker"
materials in early childhood classrooms. She has written articles published in TYC and is proud to serve as one of TYC's advisory board members. She works with a diverse group of
early childhood educators on the NAEYC/PBS Ready To Learn Content Review
Advisory Board and is a past NJ Governor's Educator of the Year Award winner at
the school level. Megan enjoys working with her preschoolers and experiencing
the world through their eyes.

Book specifications:

• Dimensions: 270 x 208
• Author: Lisa Mufson Bresson
• Cover type: Paperback
• Publishing Year: 2022
• Publishing Month: 8
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Publisher: National Association for the Education of You
• Weight: 340 g