EVERYDAY PLAY

Play experiences and activities for young children

by KAYE PLOWMAN in association with Playgroup Victoria

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New softcover book, 230 pages. Published 2011

The importance of play in the early years of life cannot be overestimated, and this book is the essential guide to play experiences.

Based on a lifetime spent working with small children in Australian playgroups, Everyday Play is filled with ideas to help children reach their optimum wellbeing through exploration, experimentation and discovery.

With an emphasis on practical, open-ended and easily replicated ideas, this fresh, contemporary book is perfect for parents, grandparents, group-learning situations and home learning.

It includes chapters on free play, encouraging language development and the creative process with hands-on projects, songs and rhymes, active play to develop fine muscle skills, and recipes to make safe homemade play dough, paint and glue.

About the author and Playgroup Victoria

Kaye Plowman is the CEO of Playgroup Victoria and has played a vital role in the association for 23 years. She has written books and booklets, produced DVDs and is a regular speaker at state, national and international early childhood conferences. Prior to working at Playgroup Victoria, Kaye was a school teacher and day care-worker. She is the mother of three children and grandmother of six grandchildren. She lives in Melbourne with her husband Clinton, who took the photos for this book

Playgroup Victoria is a unique organisation that has been encouraging babies, toddlers and preschoolers in play since 1974. Playgroup Victoria is part of Playgroup Australia which is a federation of all Australian states and territory playgroup associations. These not-for-profit organisations are funded by membership, fundraising and government grants, and they resource and support more than 170,000 children who attend playgroup at community centres across Australia

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Everyday Play: Play activities and experiences for young children by Kaye Plowman