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Child-Initiated Play and Learning

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Child-Initiated Play and Learning

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Child-Initiated Play and Learning book

Planning for possibilities in the early years

Child-Initiated Play and Learning

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Child-Initiated Play and Learning book

Planning for possibilities in the early years
Edited ByAnnie Woods
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2017
eBook Published 16 January 2017
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315541969
Pages 152
eBook ISBN 9781315541969
Subjects Education
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Woods, A. (Ed.). (2017). Child-Initiated Play and Learning: Planning for possibilities in the early years (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315541969

ABSTRACT

Child-Initiated Play and Learning shows how a creative approach to learning that allows for spontaneous adventures in play through child-led projects can lead to rich learning experiences that build on children’s own interests. This second edition has been fully updated in light of policy and curriculum changes and features new material to help practitioners make informed decisions around digital technology and how children engage with it.

Including scenarios and provocative questions for reflective practice, this book looks at planning and considers the possibilities that should be encouraged when playing alongside young children. Drawing on practice from Reggio Emilia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and in settings in the UK, the book covers all aspects of planning including:

  • how to enable and empower children to lead projects;
  • organisation of indoor and outdoor materials and space;
  • inclusive practice and contemporary research;
  • learning through managing risks and adventurous play;
  • working with parents and carers;
  • challenging teams to explore what they actually believe about possibilities of play.

In a busy setting it can be difficult to adopt a flexible, creative approach to planning that embraces the unexpected rather than relying on templates or existing schemes of work. This book will give readers the confidence to adopt a flexible approach to planning that will better meet the needs of the children in their care.

The authors are experienced lecturers, practitioners, advisors and managers. Working with students, visiting placements, training teachers and early years professionals, they provide a sense of real purpose in their optimistic writing and enjoyment in the themes made explicit throughout this book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

ByAnnie Woods

chapter 1|15 pages

Planning for endless possibilities

ByCatherine Gripton

chapter 2|18 pages

Planning for possibilities with parents

ByVicky McEwan

chapter 3|15 pages

Exploring the possibilities of children’s voice

ByMoira Moran

chapter 4|21 pages

Exploiting outdoor possibilities for all children

ByAnnie Woods, Val Hall

chapter 5|18 pages

Planning for risky possibilities in play

ByCyndy Hawkins

chapter 6|13 pages

Play as a space for possibilities

ByMoira Moran, Victoria Brown

chapter 7|15 pages

The possibilities for assessment

ByVictoria Brown

chapter 8|18 pages

Leading possibilities

ByAnnie Woods, Lorna Wardle
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