Achieving Learning Goals Through Play

Teaching Young Children with Special Needs

• Author(s): Anne H. Widerstrom,
• Publisher: P.H. Brookes Pub.
• Pages: 239
• ISBN_10: 1557666989
  ISBN_13: 9781557666987
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Curricula , Education / Schools / Levels / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) , Education / Special Education / General , Education / Special Education / Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities , Family & Relationships / General ,

Description:... This easy-to-read book discusses how the typical learning centers in preschool classrooms - blocks, pretend play, music, reading, art, and others - can be adapted for children with special needs. As with the first edition, the author explains the importance of play as a medium for learning and describes ways to teach general and specific learning objectives through the informal use of toys and classroom materials. Included in the book are sample activities, two chapters on how to help children learn to play in groups and make friends, and play checklists. This completely revised and updated edition contains a new chapter on emergent literacy and new information on the role of physical and occupational therapists in supporting children with special needs.