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A review by steffiingrem
Michael Rosen's Book of Play: Why Play Really Matters, and 101 Ways To Get More Of It In Your Life by Charlotte Trounce, Kirty Topiwala, Michael Rosen, Francesca Barrie
3.0
I really wanted to love this book - I have a degree in Early Childhood Studies, work in nurseries (and have done for years), and have a 3 year old, and so have an interest and working knowledge of ‘play’… I just struggled to fully engage with it!
Every few pages had a game or playful activity, and actually, I found it interfered with the flow of my reading (which is a first world problem, sure!), I feel they could almost have been placed at the beginning/end of chapters!
I did like the dive into the history of play, as we don’t often study that; and the way that artists and sculptors play differently to writers and poets.
It touched on the problem with play in education at the end, and I almost wish we looked at it further in depth, but also appreciate that that is probably a book of its own! We focus so much on play being vital for the under 5’s nowadays in their learning and development, but we never think to extend it further to children, tweens, teens, adults!
I did like this book, maybe I’ll come back to it another time and try again!
Every few pages had a game or playful activity, and actually, I found it interfered with the flow of my reading (which is a first world problem, sure!), I feel they could almost have been placed at the beginning/end of chapters!
I did like the dive into the history of play, as we don’t often study that; and the way that artists and sculptors play differently to writers and poets.
It touched on the problem with play in education at the end, and I almost wish we looked at it further in depth, but also appreciate that that is probably a book of its own! We focus so much on play being vital for the under 5’s nowadays in their learning and development, but we never think to extend it further to children, tweens, teens, adults!
I did like this book, maybe I’ll come back to it another time and try again!