Playing to Get Smart

Playing to Get Smart
Author: Elizabeth Jones
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780807746165


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Practicing what it preaches, Playing to Get Smart will be a playful reading experience for teachers and parents alike. With jokes, riddles, and stories sprinkled throughout, the authors show how important play is for children of all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, from birth to age 8. This provocative challenge to teachers and parents of young children demonstrates why play is the most effective way for children to develop critical life skills such as thinking creatively and social problem solving. It explains why teachers need to provide opportunities for quality play and why parents need to understand the benefits of play for their children.