Title & Author:

Toys, play, and child development / edited by Jeffrey H. Goldstein.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Description:

vi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-178) and indexes.
Imaginative play and adaptive development / Jerome L. Singer -- Plays, toys, and language / Anthony D. Pellegrini, Ithel Jones -- Educational toys, creative toys / Birgitta Almqvist -- The war play debate / Peter K. Smith -- War toys and aggressive play scenes / Gisela Wegener-Spöhring -- Sex differences in toy play and use of video games / Jeffrey H. Goldstein -- Does play prepare the future? / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Play as healing / Dorothy G. Singer.

Summary:

Anything to do with children's entertainment is a source of controversy: children's television programmes, musical preferences, and leisure activities are frequent sources of debate. Toys and play are often singled out for attention, particularly war toys, sex-typed toys, and video games with aggressive themes. Are these harmful to children? Are they addictive? Alternatively, can parents facilitate children's learning with educational toys? Toys, Play, and Child Development explores these and other questions. Parental attitudes and reactions towards war toys are described, as are the children's views themselves. Toys and play are shown to contribute to the development of language, imagination, and intellectual achievement and to be effective in child psychotherapy.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521450624 (U.S. ; hard)
9780521450621 (U.S. ; hard)
0521455642 (U.S. ; pbk.)
9780521455640 (U.S. ; pbk.)
(ebook)
9780511527616

Subject:

Play.
Toys Social aspects.
Child development.
Play and Playthings
Child Development
Jeu.
Jouets Aspect social.
Enfants Développement.
play (recreation)
Entwicklung
Kind
Kinderspiel
Spiel
Spielzeug
Aufsatzsammlung
Spel.
Speelgoed.
Kinderen.
Ontwikkeling (psychologie)
Children Play Psychology

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Drama
Théâtre.

Added entries:

Goldstein, Jeffrey H.

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 118162
Call No.: HQ782.T79 1994 (ID:95B1542)
Status: Available