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Loose parts : inspiring play in young children

Lisa Daly (Author), Miriam Beloglovsky (Author), Jenna Daly (Photographer)
Loose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Daly and Beloglovsky show you how using loose parts can help you capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and motivate learning. By developing creative environments, children will be encouraged to explore critical thinking in myriad ways
Print Book, English, 2015
First edition View all formats and editions
Redleaf Press, St. Paul, MN, 2015
illustrated books
x, 219 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
9781605542744, 1605542741
875240272
pt. I: Introduction to Loose Parts
1. Loose parts
pt. II: Senses
2. Color
3. Texture
4. Sound
pt. III: Creativity
5. Art
6. Design
7. Symbolic Play
pt. IV: Action
8. Movement
9. Transporting
10. Connecting/ Disconnecting
pt. V: Inquiry
11. Construction
12. Investigation
13. Correlation