using play therapy strategies to elevate your early childhood classroom Ray, Dee C creator author. text bibliography nyu 2023 monographic eng

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vii, 158 pages. illustrations ; 25 cm. "Playful Education provides a guide for you to activate the powers of play to boost your teaching practices and increase your effectiveness as an educator. Based on Virginia Axline and Garry Landreth's work, this book is an operational and practical guide on using play therapy to strengthen your holistic learning development and relationships with students. Chapters offer practical responsive interventions for children with behavioral and academic challenges and preventative practices. You will learn the purpose and goals of implementing play times, (i.e., PlayBreaks), with individual and groups of students, skills necessary to facilitate playtimes, and how to transfer play skills to the larger classroom. Educators will learn the foundations of play therapy and how they can be used to guide play within a classroom setting. Expanding beyond the classroom, this book is loaded with playful activities to enhance child-teacher relationships and integrate play throughout the school"-- Play therapy and the role of the play in the schools -- Activating the power of the play between teacher and child -- Moving play into the classroom and school culture. Dee C Ray. Includes bibliographical references and index. Play Psychological aspects Play therapy Early childhood education Teacher effectiveness Creative activities and seat work LB1139.35.P55 R39 2023 372.21 R263p Ray, Dee C. New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 (DLC) 2022025856 9781032254128 9781032259147 2022025855 DLC 220804 20250305100051.0 22736971 eng