Part I: What Is Play? 1. What is play? - Natalie MacDonald 2. Children's Right to Play - Jane Waters-Davies 3. Types of Play - Allison Rees-Edwards 4. Play Pioneers and their Legacy - Alison Murphy 5. Contemporary Playful Pedagogies - Lauren Whale and Louise Atkins Part II: Why Is Play Important? 6. Play, Learning, and Development - Natalie Canning and Angela Rekers 7. Play, Early Language and Communication - Amanda Bateman 8.

Play, Creativity and Well-Being - Charlotte Greenway and Laura Hutchings 9. Observation and Assessment of Play - Tereza Aidonopoulou-Read 10. Planning for Play - Karen Boardman and Jennie Swift Part III: Where Does Play Happen? 11. Enabling Environments: Indoors and Out - Jennie Clement 12. Outdoor Play - Glenda Tinney 13. Play in the Digital World: Beyond the Binary Logic - Pekka Mertala and Daara Salomaa 14. The Place of Play in the Early Years Curricula of the UK - Carys Jennings 15. The Role of the Adult in Supporting Play - Angela Rekers and Mel McCree 16.

Play and Inclusion - Nanna Ryder and Charlotte Greenway 17. Intergenerational Play - Maragret Kernan, Giulia Cortellesi, and Mariana Palazuelos Part IV: International Perspectives 18. Cultural Framing of Expectations for Play - Angela Rekers and Jane Waters-Davies 19. Play in Extremis - Debra Laxton, Linda Cooper, and Sarah Ndlovu 20. Playful Learning around the World - Sarah Chicken and Sarah Whitehouse.