This is a fascinating textbook about the role of play within the early years sector and highlights how the target-driven approach can create stress for practitioner and child. Play is fundamentally an open-ended activity, initiated by the child, yet we often feel compelled to intervene, organise and alter, not always with the best results.
A practitioner reading this book will quickly see that we need to understand a little more about play in order to plan the right environment to foster learning through play. We are constantly reviewing our environments, particularly to meet the needs and interests of individual children. It should be about children's voices and choices, but we need to understand how adults can help and provide a compelling example.
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