Full Description
This book explores how the Play Cycle can help practitioners to observe and understand children's play and support their interactions with children. It explains the six elements of the Play Cycle - pre cue, play cue, play return, play frame, flow, and annihilation - and shows how practitioners can use this to guide their interventions.
Building on the author's research and including an updated and revised theory of the Play Cycle, the book applies the Play Cycle to key aspects of provision alongside examples from a wide range of settings. Chapters cover:
The indoor and outdoor environment and resources
Child-led and non-directive play including risk
The adult role, play maintenance and interventions
The Play Cycle and Play Cycle Observation Method
The Play Cycle in Policy and Practice
Including vignettes and reflective questions, this text brings the theory and application of the Play Cycle fully up-to-date and is essential reading for practitioners and those studying play-related courses, for example, playwork, childcare, and early years education.
Contents
Foreword - Dr Shelly Newstead and Kathy Brodie
Introduction: How it all began
Chapter 1: The Play Cycle Revised and updated
Chapter 2: The Play Cycle and The Play Environment
Chapter 3: The Play Cycle and Child-Led Play
Chapter 4: The Play Cycle and the Role of the Adult
Chapter 5: The Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM)
Conclusion: A Brief Recap of the Play Cycle and Potential Challenges for Professional
