{"product_id":"play-attention-a-playful-mindset-meets-academic-content-9780325110073","title":"Play Attention!: A Playful Mindset Meets Academic Content","description":"\u003cp\u003eA playful mindset is key to finding creative, resourceful ways of doing the things we need to do in life. And yet, in the past 50 years there has been a steep decline of free self-directed play both in and out of school. In providing more structured activities outside of school, longer school days and more rigorous curricula, we have raised children who are less prepared for a successful adulthood, Stephanie writes. But there is hope \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePlay Attention \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eyou'll learn how play can add value to what you are already doing in your classroom and can even help you do it better. Stephanie offers: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndividual playful experiences and tools to encourage a playful mindset across the day and year\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA predictable framework for planning for play: invite, play, reflect\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdeas to show you how play can be a powerful tool for assessment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions to guide your observations of different kinds of play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Stephanie shows you and your students how to make space for possibilities you hadn't even imagined before. I think we can all agree more joy in school is a good thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3671520\"\u003eStephanie Parsons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780325110073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0325110077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU023000\"\u003eSchools | Levels | Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool \u0026amp; Kinder\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie Parsons is a literacy consultant, a former staff developer with Lucy Calkins and the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, and a former teacher. She loves working alongside teachers and children to discover new ways of teaching. She hopes you will feel the power of transformative teaching along with your students. After attending Yale University and Teachers College at Columbia University, she became a first grade teacher at P.S. 321 in Brooklyn. She is now a reading and writing staff developer working with elementary schools in New York City and across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heinemann Educational Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687675203821,"sku":"9780325110073","price":47.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_896b2160-ade1-4da2-8c24-20ee3a6023f6.jpg?v=1649783045","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/play-attention-a-playful-mindset-meets-academic-content-9780325110073","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}