Play therapy offers a powerful means of helping children resolve a wide range of psychological difficulties, and many play approaches are ideally suited to short-term work. This book brings together leading play therapists to share their expertise on facilitating children's healing in a shorter time frame. The book provides knowledge and skills…

Noting the difficulty that many parents have finding activities to fit the busy life, budget, and energy levels of the average parent and the attention span and abilities of the typical infant and toddler, this book is designed as a reference book for parents and others looking for ways to entertain, educate, and enjoy a young child during the…

Inclusive early childhood settings are believed to promote interaction between children with special needs and typically developing children by allowing the latter group to serve as "peer models." This study examined the social play of children with special needs and their typically developing peers. Participating in the study were 156…

This document features a lesson plan in which students work in teams to act out different ecosystem services, describe several free services that biodiversity provides to human, and explain how these services make life on earth possible. Samples of instruction and assessment are included. (KHR)

This study examined gender differences in the correlates of different types of nonsocial play behaviors. Seventy-seven kindergarten children (38 males, 39 females) were observed during free play. Behaviors were categorized according to three subtypes of nonsocial play: reticent, solitary-passive, and solitary-active. Additional measures included…

Society has too often ignored the manifestations of low-level aggression among children that, when rewarded, grow into often intractable high-level aggression. This book explores low-level aggression, its escalation, and how to deal with it. Chapters are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Verbal Maltreatment"; (3) "Physical Maltreatment"; (4) "Criminal…

Describes a preschool program designed to correct problems at an early level in order to avoid the need for remediation later on. (GB)

Monopoly, the Parker Brothers Game, is put forward as a valuable teaching aid. (GB)

Formal plays offer opportunities for a child to develop skills in memorization oral expression, teamwork, and leadership. (Author)

Investigates the degree to which nursery school and second grade children imitated one of two adult models. The variables of interest are (1) extent that the models had been differentiated as to proportion of reinforcement previously delivered by each, and (2) whether the model had previously reinforced imitations. (DP)

Purpose of this research was to develop an observational category system useful for studies of human peer-social behavior in the preschool period. (Authors)

Article describes a play happening'' cosponsored in Minneapolis by a department store and an art museum that was enjoyed by 40,000 children during the two-week experiment. (GB)

Discusses the protection of the individual's freedom to play and the growth of social relations through play. (Author/MB)

Practical suggestions on utilizing various types of boxes in activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. (SP)