{"product_id":"just-play-miriam-beloglovsky-9781605547770","title":"Just Play: Inspiring Adult Play in Early Childhood Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReclaim the joy of play for yourself with Miriam Beloglovsky, coauthor of the best-selling, award-winning Loose Parts series. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlay is crucial in adulthood because it fosters adaptiveness, creativity, role rehearsal, and mind-body integration. \u003ci\u003eJust Play\u003c\/i\u003e specifically targets adults' play and explains how the adults' shift toward creativity can influence children. If adults can reharness their playful capacities and reap all of play's benefits, they will be equipped to work with children, design effective curricula, understand children and increase empathy, create playful leadership opportunities, and make significant changes to their programs and organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust like children, when adults engage in play and creative endeavors, they can find that childlike center that cultivates happiness and joy. Play is affirming because it allows us to enter a natural, safe, and caring environment in which we freely explore our inner thinking and desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will guide educators, administrators, and faculty through a series of comprehensive steps that will shift their thinking surrounding adult play. It is designed to give administrators, associations, and community agencies a blueprint to redesign programs to increase creativity and innovation, and ultimately drive system change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Beloglovsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605547778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605547770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Redleaf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Miriam Beloglovsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077715620095,"sku":"9781605547770","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f4b60e8-8c40-46ab-9e66-88997004584e.jpg?v=1685471405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-play-miriam-beloglovsky-9781605547770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}