The Play's the Thing

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The Play's the Thing is written by Selma Wassermann and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1475869983 (ISBN 10) and 9781475869989 (ISBN 13).

Because unsupervised free play is nature’s way of teaching us the skills we need as adults – the skills of cooperation, making and enforcing rules, compromise, negotiating conflicts, accepting defeat, children have been dependent on others to regulate them. More and more they have become “other directed.” It is no surprise then that during the days of self-quarantine, when schools, playgrounds and other recreational activities were shut down, children were subject to the emotional stresses of having to find their own way. Their self-direction having had little chance of development failed them when they needed it most. This is a book for teachers and parents as well who seek to develop such self-directed, “can-do” children.