Lisa Mufson Bresson, Megan King

Preschoolers at Play (eBook, ePUB)

Choosing the Right Stuff for Learning and Development

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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





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



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



· 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



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



· 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781938113772
• Artikelnr.: 65260596

Autorenporträt

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 learnersboth 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
Part One: Essential Questions
Chapter 1: Who? Children from Ages 3 to 5
Chapter 2: Why? Optimizing Learning, Development, and Well-Being
Chapter 3: How? The Role of Teachers
Chapter 4: What? Play Materials for Preschoolers
Summary and Reflection
 
Part Two: Cognitive Learning and Development
Chapter 5: Play Materials That Support My Language and Literacy Skills
Chapter 6: Play Materials That Teach Me Mathematical Concepts
Chapter 7: Play Materials That Encourage Me to Build and Engineer
Chapter 8: Play Materials That Inspire Scientific Inquiry and Innovation
Chapter 9: Play Materials That Help Me Understand Nature
            Summary and Reflection
 
Part Three: Social and Emotional Learning and Development
Chapter 10: Play Materials That Support My Emotional Intelligence,
Relationship Building, and Cooperation Skills
Chapter 11: Play Materials That Invite My Creative Expression Through
Visual Arts
Chapter 12: Play Materials That Encourage Me to Explore and Make Music
Chapter 13: Play Materials That Inspire Pretend Play and Dramatic Play
Summary and Reflection
 
Part Four: Physical Learning and Development
Chapter 14: Play Materials That Build My Gross Motor Skills
Chapter 15: Play Materials That Enhance My Fine Motor Skills
Chapter 16: Play Materials That Help Me Understand My Body
Chapter 17: Play Materials That Stimulate My Senses
            Summary and Reflection
 
Final Thoughts
 
Appendix A: Highlights of Learning, Development, and Positive Well-Being
 
Appendix B: On the Bookshelf
 
References
 
Resources
 
Index
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors