Play at the Center of the Curriculum

By Judith L. Van Hoorn and Patricia Monighan Nourot

Book Overview

This resource examines the natural connection between play and a young child's development. It advocates that play should be an integrated part of the early childhood curriculum and then demonstrates how to draw both the methods and the content of a successful curriculum from children's spontaneous play. Anecdotes of children's play, theories of play and development, and instructional strategies are interwoven throughout the book. Early childhood educators.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0675214203
• ISBN13: 9780675214209
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Merrill Pub Co
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 7.5" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Play Curriculum

Used this for a college class! Great ideas about implententing play as center of ECE curriulum. Has multiple authors who worked together in a lab school. They decribe thier experiences with clarity and enlightenment! Great book for any ECE student or professor!