Play Theory
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The Play Cycle - An Introduction to Psycholudics
Perry Else and Gordon Sturrock
'Playwork - you mean you get paid for playing with children?'
Can you spot a play cue?
Do you know whether you've ever interrupted childrens play flow or not?
Does annihilation worry you - and should it?!
Presented as a series of short illustrated magazine articles, this CD-Rom provides
essential and accessible underpinning knowledge (particularly those undertaking Level 3 in Playwork) and those that
support them. The Play Cycle will also be of interest to anybody who wants to be able to describe the importance of
play in their professional roles.
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The Playworker's Taxonomy of Play Types
Bob Hughes
This updated manual categorises play into its 16
different parts, currently known as 'play types'. It looks at what the
scientific literature has said about each one, it adds comments from experienced
playworkers, it gives practical examples of children engaging in different play
types, like creative, deep, mastery and so on, suggests things to look for when
attempting to identify different play types and presents the reader with
practical suggestions of things they can do to make it possible for children to
engage in different play types.
An essential 'original source' for anybody studying play and playwork and those
who want to more about how children play in their settings.
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Play Clips 1 - Understanding Play Types
Philip Waters
Unique video/DVD (approx 60 minutes) which contains
48 sequences of footage of children's play in a variety of situations. Each type
is illustrated by 3 different sequences of children playing in a variety of
environments. The sequences cover all sixteen play types (as originally
identified by Bob Hughes in his 'Taxonomy of Play Types'), edited and produced
into an accessible and flexible audio-visual toolkit for anybody wanting to
promote children's play. Although produced with the trainer in mind, Play Clips
One can be used for and by anyone who has an interest in children's, including
parent meetings, conferences, training workshops and promotional events.
Guidance notes also available on CD-Rom to guide and support discussion work.
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Play Clips 1 Notes
Philip Waters
Published on CD-Rom, the set of notes gives background information on each play
clip and also links the visual images to play theory.
Invaluable for trainers who want to use the play clips to guide and inform discussion work.
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Therapeutic Playwork Reader One
Gordon Sturrock and Perry Else
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Key reading for anybody teaching or studying play or
playwork, this book is a source text which shows the development of work up to
and beyond the 'The Colorado Paper', which introduced psycholudics to a wider
audience. Therapeutic Playwork Reader - One shows how key terms were introduced
such as; play cues, play returns, play frames, ludic ecology, the metalude, play
drive, dysplay, play adulteration, playwork interventions.
Click here to read a free extract from this great play theory resource - a must for anybody teaching or studying playwork. Free download but please contact us to request the password.
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Several Perspectives on Children's Play
Edited by Tom Jambor and Jan Van Gils
Scientific Reflections for Practitioners
Play research, theory and practice from academics and practitioners from around the world - including
Bob Hughes, James E. Johnson, Waltraut Hartmann, Maritta Hannikainen and many more:
Play in retro- and perspective
Qualitative research on children's play: a review of recent literature
Exploratory play and cognitive activity
The cultural-historical approach to play in the kindergarten context
The value of play in early learning: towards a pedagogy
Play in an era of early childhood standards
Creating togetherness and building a preschool community of learners: the role of play and games
Characteristics of children's language during free play and other preschool activities
Planning the playground. Hut building in grade 1 and 2
Do locomotor play levels change following environmental modification?
Real play: a social-motor behaviour
Play in a teeming city: the Hong Kong case
From videogames to virtue: a play evaluation scheme for practice and policy
Quality criteria for toys: the perspective of children and experts
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