What is the best way for children to make the most of their lives? They must engage in self-paced, child-controlled play! Find out why play is so important, and how to support it, in this convincing review of what we know about how children grow and learn. What you find will change the way you teach or parent children from birth through their primary school years. Don’t let your children waste another precious minute of their childhood! Comprehensive enough to serve as a textbook on play.

In this DVD, teachers and school administrators will learn how to make the most of out-of-school time. Through developmentally appropriate activities and simple planning, the hours after school can provide meaningful and high-quality experiences for children. Also available in Spanish (#8411S). 56 min.

Learn the benefits of dramatic play for children's development and across the curriculum. Get ideas for prop boxes and thematic play and see the important roles of adults in supporting dramatic play. 28 min. From the Child Care Collection. Also available in Spanish (#8951S).

Gross-motor play, an important contributor to each child's development, can be incorporated throughout the day. From the Child Care Collection. 28 min.