"Lisa Murphy's PLAY is being used in classrooms and colleges across the country to reinforce the importance of playing in the lives of children. Playing is vital to the social, physical, cognitive and spiritual development of our children. Yet cries for more "academic preschools!" and demands for "higher test scores!" have forced play out of many early childhood environments. PLAY is thought provoking and easy to read. Filled with anecdotes, stories and true to life experiences from her twenty years of teaching, Lisa will talk about the seven things we must do with children each and every day - and WHY they are so important." --back cover.