When Play Isn't Fun

DOUBLE TAP TO ZOOM WITH PHONE OR TABLET Also from Redleaf Press by Sandra Heidemann and Deborah Hewitt: When Play Isn’t Easy: Helping Children Enter and Sustain Play Play: The Pathway from Theory to Practice, revised edition of Pathways to Play From Deborah Hewitt: So This Is Normal Too?, second edition Published by Redleaf Press 10 Yorkton Court St. Paul, MN 55117 www.redleafpress.org © 2014 by Sandra Heidemann and Deborah Hewitt All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted on a specific page, no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or capturing on any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. First edition 2014 Cover design by Erin New Cover photographs by © iStock/Ljupco Smokovski Interior design by Erin New Typeset in Adobe Garamond Pro and Futura Printed in the United States of America 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heidemann, Sandra, 1946- When play isn’t fun : helping children resolve play conflicts / Sandra Heidemann, Deborah Hewitt. pages cm Summary: “This book will broaden your knowledge about the important topic of play, and it will help you explore common challenges children might experience in play. Hands-on techniques, assessments, reflection questions, and exercises are included to help you more effectively support and strengthen children’s play” — Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-60554-305-5 (paperback) 1. Play—Psychological aspects. 2. Education, Preschool. 3. Child psychology. 4. Child development. I. Hewitt, Debbie, 1958- II. Title. LB1139.35.P55H45 2014 303.3'2—dc23 2013044405 Printed on acid-free paper COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL