Play Today: Building the Young Brain Through Creative Expression by Barbour, Ann

Play Today: Building the Young Brain Through Creative Expression (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780876596616)

Vendor: Ann Barbour
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Play Today: Building the Young Brain Through Creative Expression by Barbour, Ann

Play Today: Building the Young Brain Through Creative Expression

$14.95
Play Today: Building the Young Brain Through Creative Expression by Barbour, Ann

Play Today: Building the Young Brain Through Creative Expression

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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When young children are engaged in imaginative play, they are not just having fun; they are developing skills and concepts that are foundational to their learning. Teachers can get the most out of this critical development time with thoughtful preparations that allow the children to freely explore their creativity and learn from each other. Using simple props and donated items, the book shows how centers can be transformed into rich and rewarding learning spaces for children. Play Today offers dozens of easy-to-do scenarios that will spark open-ended play explorations.

Award Winner
Recipient of the following awards:
  • 2017 Winner of the Teacher's Choice Awards, Professional Development Category
  • 2016 Academic's Choice Smart Book Award
  • 2016 Creative Child Magazine Awards, Book of the Year.


Author: Ann Barbour
ISBN-10: 0876596618
ISBN-13: 9780876596616
Publisher: Gryphon House
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2016
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.60d
By Ann Barbour
By Ann Barbour
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Ann Barbour is a professor emerita of early childhood education at California State University, Los Angeles. She received an MEd in Elementary Education and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, with a specialization in Early Childhood Education. She has taught preschool and elementary school and has played an active role in education for more than 30 years. Ann has studied and written about topics as varied as the importance of building literacy skills at home, playground design that incorporates learning opportunities for children of all developmental needs and abilities, portfolio assessment, and the importance of supporting families to promote the healthy development of children.

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