Jacqueline Harding is Director of Tomorrow's Child and Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University. She is an internationally acclaimed child development expert with experience as a BBC education editor, Headteacher, government consultant, and author of numerous books for and about children. Jacqueline also works in children¿s TV production.

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

• Chapter 1: Understanding the developing child
• Chapter 2: Brain growth
• Chapter 3: Understanding play pedagogy
• Chapter 4: Play from birth to around one month:
• Chapter 5: Play from around one month to 4 months
• Chapter 6: Play from around 4 months to 6 months
• Chapter 7: Play from around 6 months to 9 months
• Chapter 8: Play from around 9 months to one year
• Chapter 9: Play from around one year to around 18 months
• Chapter 10: Play from around 18 months to 2 years
• Chapter 11: Play from around 2 years to 2 and a half years
• Chapter 12. Play from around 2 and a half years to 3 years
• Chapter 13: Play from around 3 years to 4 years
• Chapter 14: Play from around 4 years to 5 years plus
• Chapter 15: "Hola" ¿ let¿s Play! A case study
• Chapter 16:What¿s so urgent about play for children? And how does play benefit adults?
• Chapter 17:Helpful websites

Glossary of Terms

References

Index