A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool: Applying the Scientific Evidence

by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Laura E. Berk, et al.

Book Overview

We are robbing young children of play time at home and school in an effort to give them a head start on academic skills like reading and mathematics. Yet the scientific evidence suggests that eliminating play from the lives of children is taking preschool education in the wrong direction. This brief but compelling book provides a strong counterargument to the rising tide of didactic instruction on preschool classrooms. The authors present scientific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195382714
• ISBN13: 9780195382716
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.9"