Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant
Sally Jenkinson has written an impassioned and poetic book imbued with the philosophy and practice of the Steiner Waldorf kindergarten movement.
Childhood play is both the subject and the presiding spirit of the book. The early chapters provide a useful historical overview of theories about play, as well as discussions of its emotional, social and therapeutic aspects.
The author's approach to the present state of play in children's lives is less sanguine, and chapters six and seven identify a sustained attack on childhood play from formal education, mass marketing and television.
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