“Recommended reading for play-based learning:

• This is play : environments and interactions that engage infants and toddlers by Luckenbill, Julia
• Where’s the math? : books, games, & routines to spark children’s thinking by Hynes-Berry, Mary
• Create, innovate, and serve : a radical approach to children’s and youth programming by Campana, Kathleen, Kathleen and J. Elizabeth Mills.

References

Kamenetz, Anya. (2022). A top researcher says it’s time to rethink our entire approach to preschool. https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/1079406041/researcher-says-rethink-prek-preschool-prekindergarten

Myers, Mckenna.  (2021). 33 Reasons to Choose a Play-Based Preschool. https://wehavekids.com/education/Preschoolers-Learn-Best-Through-Play

Pondiscio, Robert.  (2019). The making of an edu-myth: The 30-million-word gap has not been “debunked”. https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/making-edu-myth-30-million-word-gap-has-not-been-debunked”

Credit: Tammie Benham is a Youth Services Consultant for Southeast Kansas Library System