Come, let's play -- Play across history and into cyberspace -- What the experts say about play -- What cultures have to do with play -- What parents and adults have to do with play and gender -- Chronological age is not the same as development in play -- Infancy -- Nursery, preschool, and kindergarten -- Elementary school - Middle school and puberty -- High school and adolescence -- College and early adulthood -- Adulthood, middle age and old age -- Physical, emotional, intellectual, and relational benefits -- In their best interest: play therapy for children -- Play as rehabilitation -- The technology of play time and of media time -- What teachers and coaches think about play -- A hierarchical theory of play competence.
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