Children's Play: The Roots of Reading

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Summary: The sixteen contributors are experts in play research
Review: Collaboratively compiled and deftly edited by Edward F. Zigler (Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale University), Dorothy G. Singer (Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Psychology and Child Study Center, Yale University), and Sandra J. Bishop-Josef (Assistant Director of the Yale Center In Child Development and Social Policy), Children's Play: The Roots Of Reading is a collection of essays providing the reader with summaries of contemporary and extensive empirical research into the value of play for both cognitive and social development. The sixteen contributors are leading experts in play research, child development, and early childhood education. The cumulative effect of the contributions is to underscore the importance of play in enabling children to learn basic literacy skills, achieve social awareness, and in developing and implementing creative problem solving skills. Children's Play is especially recommended for its comprehensive summary of the developmental benefits of play enhanced with examples of how research has been applied in practice, together with multicultural perspectives on play and ideas for how to play imaginative games with children. Children's Play is very highly recommended and quite accessible reading for parents, teachers, preschool staff members, and students in the field of Child Development.