Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Children′s Need For Space To Play
2. Key Stages in Developing the Play Space
3. Features of Enriching, Inclusive Play Settings
4. Inspiration
5. Involvement And Collaboration
6. Bringing It All Together
7. Outcomes For Children And Settings
8. Trouble Shooting and Sources of Advice

About the Author

Theresa Casey began her career as a playworker and has wide experience of working in both indoor and outdoor play environments, with teachers, support staff and play teams. She is now a freelance consultant.

Reviews

′This practical book helps the reader plan, design and manage the kinds of settings that afford children the opportunities to carry out the wide range of self-directed activities that are so important to their development. It’s ideal for community development workers, the organizers of after-school programs, children’s hospital staff and groups of caring parents′ - Roger A. Hart, Director of the Children’s Environments Research Group, The Graduate School of the City University of New York

"Recommending solid ideas for developing play environments that meet children′s needs, chapters discuss frameworks for designing play environments, case studies offering examples of how play environments can be developed, ideas and activities, research evidence pointing toward the importance of good play environments, and more."     

                                                                                                          —MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
*Midwest Book Review*