Play from Birth to Twelve

Doris Pronin Fromberg is Professor Emerita at Hofstra University, USA. Doris Bergen is Distinguished Professor Emerita at Miami University of Ohio, USA.

Preface

Introduction, Doris Pronin Fromberg and Doris Bergen

Part I Perspectives on Play Development

1 Play Development from Birth to Age Four, Barbara P. Garner and Doris Bergen

2 Play Development from Ages Four to Eight Years, James E. Johnson

3 Play and Socialization in Middle Childhood, Doris Bergen and Doris P. Fromberg

4 Gender Identity and Play, Melanie M. Ayres, Aliya Khan, and Leslie D. Levé

5 Play as Children See It, Nancy W. Wiltz and Greta G. Fein

6 Can I Play Too? Reflections on the Issues for Children with Disabilities, Gayle Mindes

7. Play’s Role and Meaning in the Lives of Children with Autism, Pamela Wolfberg

8. Play and Gifted Children, Annemarie Roeper

9 Play in the Context of Lifespan Human Development, Valeria J. Freysinger

Part II Meanings of Play

10 The Meanings in Play with Objects, Shirley K. Morgenthaler

11 Social and Nonsocial Play, Robert J. Coplan, Laura L. Ooi, Alison Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth H. Rubin

12 Language and Play: Natural Partners, Jane Ilene Freeman Davidson

13 Sociodramatic Play Pretending Together, Patricia Monighan Nourot

14 Constructive Play, George Forman

15 Rough-and-Tumble Play from Childhood through Adolescence: Differing Perspectives, Anthony D. Pellegrini,

16 Games with Rules, Rheta DeVries

17 Play as a Context for Humor Development, Doris Bergen

Part III Educational Contexts for Play

18 Adult Influences on Play: The Vygotskian Approach, Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong

19 Social Play in School, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith

20 Play as a Medium for Literacy Development, James F. Christie and Kathleen Roskos

21 Play and Mathematics in Kindergarten, Constance Kamii

22 Scientific Inquiry and Exploratory Representational Play, Christopher R. Wolfe, R. Hays Cummins, Christopher A. Myer, and Elizabeth M. Cedillos

23 Technology Play and Learning, Lena Lee

24 Technology Play Concerns, Diane E. Levin

25 The Role of Play in Assessment, Diane Parham

26 Reconciling Play and Assessment Standards, Doris Bergen

Part IV Social and Physical Contexts for Play

27 Play in Historical and Cross-Cultural Contexts, Donna R. Barnes

28 Influences of Race, Culture, Social Class, and Gender: Diversity and Play, Patricia G. Ramsey

29 Parent–Child and Child–Child Play in Diverse Cultural Contexts, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Aimbika Krishnakumar

30 Sibling and Peer Influences on Play, Sherri Oden, Kathleen O. Gray, and Janie A. Winn

31 The Cultural and Familial Contexts of Caregiver Support for Children’s Pretend Play, Wendy Haight and Minhae Cho

32 City Play, Amanda Dargan and Steve Zeitlin

33 Playful Experiences for Children in Museums, Donna R. Barnes

34 Children’s Outdoor Play: An Endangered Activity, Mary S. Rivkin

35 Perspectives on Play and Playgrounds, Joe L. Frost and Irma C. Woods

36 Play as Ritual in Health Care Settings, Laura Gaynard

37 Clinical Perspectives on Play, Karen Gitlin-Weiner

Part V Particular Meanings Embedded in Play

38 The Struggle Between Sacred Play and Festive Play, Brian Sutton-Smith

39 Fantasy and Imagination, Dorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer

40 Sociocultural Influences on Gender-Role Behaviors in Children’s Play, Alice Sterling Honig

41 Play and Violence: Understanding and Responding Effectively, Diane E. Levin

42 Protean Selves, Trading Zones, and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: The Role of Play in Future Progress, Karen VanderVen

43 How Nonlinear Systems Inform Meaning and Early Education, Doris Pronin Fromberg

44 Play, Technology Toy Affordances and Brain Development, Doris Bergen

45. Play and the Origin of Species, Michael Ellis

Epilogue: Emerging and Future Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings for Play, Doris Bergen and Doris Pronin Fromberg

Contributors

Index