LibGuides: Early childhood: Play

Play resources

Play
Resources available from the Zero to 3 site
Play & developmental stages
Child Development Institute resources
Developing play skills
A how-to guide for developing play skills for children with autism spectrum disorder
Play
Articles from the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development

Play in the Early Years by Fleer
Call Number: 372.21 FLEE (Lismore, Coffs, Gold Coast)
Publication Date: 2013
Elemental play and outdoor learning: young children's playful connections with people, places and things by Annie Woods
Playful Teaching and Learning by Glenda Walsh (Editor); Dorothy McMillan (Editor); Carol McGuinness (Editor)
Call Number: 372.21 PLAY (Coffs, Lismore, Gold Coast)
Publication Date: 2017
Learning Through Movement and Active Play in the Early Years by Tania Swift
Publication Date: 2017

Play and Children's Learning
A range of research based resources - provided by the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children).
Play as pedagogy
Maintaining play based pedagogy using the Australian Curriculum
A presentation given at an ECTA conference.
Children play their way to learning
Resources from Early Childhood Ireland

Nature Play
An ABC Catalyst documentary
Play in the News
Play Australia monitor key issues surrounding play.
Should we just let them play?
Do a search on 'The Conversation' website for play - and see what other articles are available.
Kids at Play
ACT Health resources

SAGE Handbook of Play and Learning in Early Childhood by Liz Brooker (Editor); Mindy Blaise (Editor); Susan Edwards (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014
Play in early childhood education : learning in diverse contexts (2nd ed) by Ebbeck & Waniganayake
Call Number: 372.210994 PLAY (Lismore, Gold Coast, Coffs)
Publication Date: 2016
Young Children's Play and Environmental Education in Early Childhood Education by Amy Cutter-Mackenzie; Susan Edwards; Deborah Moore; Wendy Boyd
Publication Date: 2014
Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum by Wood
Call Number: 372.21 WOOD (Lismore, Coffs, GCTH)
Publication Date: 2013

The earlier edition is available as an ebook
Young children's play and creativity: multiple voices by Gill Goodliff
Publication Date: 2017
Learning through Play by Christine Robinson et. al.
Call Number: 372.13 ROBI
ISBN: 9780190304829
Publication Date: 2018