Product Description
A text on play aimed at CACHE and BTEC child care students.It concentrates on the practical rather than theoretical importance of play, and includes advice on how to encourage different kinds of play and how to use available resources to develop play.
About the Author
Tina Bruce is an early years specialist whose writing, lecturing and radio talks have made her increasingly well known.
She was Froebel-trained, and worked for many years at the
Froebel Institute, both as head of their Nursery Research School
and as Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Studies.
Tina has gained international renown over the past ten years, and
has been keynote speaker at conferences in America, New
Zealand and Portugal.
Closer to home, she is Vice President of the Campaign for
Nursery Education, and a member of the QCA committee
advising on guidance for the Early Learning Goals. Her seminal
works, Time to Play and Early Childhood Education continue to
inform students and professionals alike.