Interactions in the Classroom: Facilitating Play in the Early Years
Focusing on teacher-child interactions and the role of teachers in children's play, this new early childhood curriculum text shows future teachers of children three to eight how to construct a play-based curriculum in which children guide their own learning with informal assistance from skilled play facilitators. Interactions in the Classroom is based on the premise that children learn best when they are playing, and that play can be a strong learning instrument, across the entire curriculum, when aided by effective teachers. Early childhood curriculum is defined as a way of interacting with children as much as it is a collection of lessons or learning materials. Throughout the text, real-life vignettes drawn from the author's own experience provide empirical support for research based techniques.