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Outdoor Play: Teaching Strategies With Young Children

 
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How do children make sense of their world? This work adds keen insight into why outdoor play is a significant yet overlooked aspect of young children's development. The author shows how teachers can support self-directed pretend play, and connects theories of play and children's culture.

 

Table of contents

Foreword by Doris Fromberg vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

1. OUTDOOR PLAY 1

A Play Area as an Ecology 3

The Play Yard as a Complex Learning Environment 5

Pretend Play with Peers 8

The Roles of the Teacher 16

Teacher Profiles 19

The Classroom Teaching Culture 24

2. NEEDLES 26

Initiation and Negotiation Phases of the Episode 27

Enactment Phase of the Episode 31

Review of the Episode 38

3. MAKING A NEW ROAD 42

Initiation and Negotiation Phases of the Episode 43

Enactment Phase of the Episode 45

Review of the Episode 52

4. “THE DAM IS BREAKING” 54

Initiation Phase of the Episode 55

Negotiation Phase of the Episode 56

Enactment Phase of the Episode 56

Review of the Episode 65

5. TWO GUYS 68

Initiation and Negotiation Phases of the Episode 69

Enactment Phase of the Episode 72

Review of the Episode 79

The Primacy of the Play Episode 82

6. TEACHER STRATEGIES IN THE PLAY YARD 83

Indirect Coordination of the Ecology 84

Direct Intervention in the Play Episode 92

7. THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

OF THE PLAY YARD 104

Play Routines Serving the Peer Culture 105

The Teacher Culture and Expectations for Valued Behavior 114

Conclusion 117

References 119

Index 123

About the Author 128




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