Jones, Elizabeth,  1930- <br/><br/>
The play's the thing :  teachers' roles in children's play / 
Elizabeth Jones, Gretchen Reynolds ; foreword to the first edition by Elizabeth Prescott ; foreword to the second edition by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xv, 152 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Early childhood education series .
 - Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press). .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : Settings ; Why play? ; Teacher roles -- 1. Understanding and supporting children's play : Stages of play ; Modes of representation ; The content of play ; Master players ; But what do I do while they're playing? -- 2. Teacher as stage manager : Clarifying figure-ground relationships ; Providing enough props ; Providing enough time -- 3. Teacher as mediator : Teaching conflict-resolution skills ; Complicating play to keep it safe ; Problem-solving to sustain play -- 4. Teacher as player : "Call Mikey" ; "Don't let the babies die" ; Shopping at the superstore ; Picnic ; The fish camp ; Why teachers play -- 5. Teacher behavior that interrupts play : Interrupting for one's own pleasure in play ; Interrupting to teach rules ; Interrupting to teach concepts ; Building on children's play -- 6. Teacher as scribe : Representing children's play ; Sharing representations with children ; Stimulating writing as play and communication ; Writing can be read -- 7. Teacher as assessor and communicator : Assessment as part of planning ; Can I learn to appreciate this child more? ; Building on a child's strengths ; Who is this child? ; Communicating to parents and other adults ; Communicating to children ; Accountability: how do we know they're learning? -- 8. Teacher as planner : Emergent curriculum ; Looking at the environment ; Naming children's playscripts ; Introducing a new topic ; Planning for literacy as a playscript ; Play-debrief-replay -- 9. Playing attention to play : Supporting children who have not yet mastered play ; Supporting master players ; Teacher role development ; A place in the world for children -- 10. A sense of the past and the future : The logic of human relationships ; Stories, images, and the creation of culture ; Teacher as keeper of metaphor ; From here and now to there and then: building bridges of meaning. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>080775241X 9780807752418 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011016851 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Play--United States<br/>Education, Preschool--United States<br/>Teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1140.35.P55  / J66 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.210973