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Professional book review: Playing to learn

Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book that discusses playwork and how it can be used across the children’s workforce in practice for the EYE supplement

In writing this book, Wood, Sexton and Kilvington can be praised for their dedicated efforts to make their work relevant to those employed in children’s early education and care. The book’s distinct advantage is that it successfully unravels a theoretical and practical underpinning for the playwork approach.

The authors’ philosophical insights open the door to an engaging account of an important area of childhood and those who work with children during these early years, including carers, teachers, parents and other adults. At the same time, the writers astutely examine a broad scope of sources, which even include a reference to Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the celebrated English naturalist. The work pushes the boundaries of where playwork applies to the very young.

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