Developing Play for the Under 3s: The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play

by Anita M . Hughes (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $6.76

  The treasure basket and heuristic play approach is astoundingly simple; by offering natural and household objects to babies and toddlers you can make a profound impact on their learning capabilities, encouraging concentration, exploration and intellectual development.

  Based on a wealth of research into how babies learn, Developing Play for the Under 3s shows how using this approach can transform the learning abilities of babies and toddlers. Featuring never before published, original interviews with the pioneer of the treasure basket and heuristic play, Elinor Goldschmied, this second edition includes:

  • Accessible explanations of what babies think and do
  • Links to child development and learning progress
  • A new chapter on supporting the learning of two and three year olds
  • Links to the EYFS outcomes
  • Research evidence supported by case studies
  • Resource ideas and activities for use in the nursery or at home

  Anita M. Hughes uses her own personal experience of working with the under 3s to guide readers through the benefits of the treasure basket and heuristic play. With clear and practical guidelines, this book is indispensible for anyone involved in the care of children in this age group wishing to create rich learning experiences.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.23

  The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play promote extraordinary capacities of concentration, intellectual brilliance and manipulative mastery for babies and young children. The approach appears deceptively simple as it suggests offering natural and household objects to babies and toddlers, which can transform their learning. However, it is based on much more complicated research into how babies learn, the principles of learning, research evidence, and the author's own personal experience of working with the under 3s.

  This book provides:

  • a new approach to understanding and providing for the play and learning of the under 3s
  • accessible explanations about what babies do and how this links with later conceptual thinking
  • practical ideas and activities for use in the nursery or at home.

  This book will be indispensable for anyone working with the under 3s.