Constructive Play Downloadable Book

216 Page PDF
100 plus photographs

This classic book offers educators timeless examples of classroom activities designed for children 2 to 5 years of age that are grounded in Piaget's theory of knowledge, learning and thinking.

• Why cut holes in tables?
• Why tape blocks together?
• Why suspend pendulums that leak sand?
• Why make paintbrushes with crooked or double handles?

This book:

• Explains what each activity means in terms of development
• Offers comparisons for use with younger and older children
• Suggests ways to make the environment more provocative
• Presents strategies for becoming a better observer of children's play
• Demonstrates how constructive play increases children's competence

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

An Introduction to Constructive Play
Background
Progress
Process
Learning Encounters in the Home
Chapter Two Establishing Identity and Equivalence
Encounters with Identity and Equivalence..
Identity: Same Object, Different State
Identity: Same Object, Different Use
Equivalence: Different Object, Same State
Equivalence: Different Object, Same Use
Learning Encounters in the Home
Summary: Identity and Equivalence Correspondence
Developmental Trends
Chapter Three Changing Perspective
Encounters with Perspective
Self-to-Object
Self-to-Other
Learning Encounters in the Home
Summary: Changing Perspective
Developmental Trends
Chapter Four Representing Motion
Encounters with Representing Motion
Freezing Motion
Unitizing Motion
Imagining Motion
Learning Encounters in the Home
Summary: Representing Motion
Developmental Trends
Chapter Five Making Functional Relations
Encounters with the Relation between Two Variables
Changing Directions
Changing Distance, Force, Weight, and Speed
Changing Limits
Learning Encounters in the Home
Summary: Making Functional Relations
Developmental Trends
Chapter Six Children in Your School
Children at School
Children as a Whole
Appendix
Index

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