Is a Toddler's Work Their Play or Is Their Play Their Work?

1.5 CPDs, Run Time: 42:27

What would have happened if the Montessori movement had been inclined to use the word play to describe children's activity instead of the word work? This presentation highlights and builds on the research, perspectives, and musings found in the article, "Beyond a Play vs. Work Attitude," written for Infant and Toddler Journal by Ginny Varga, an AMS Living Legacy.

Marcia Hubelbank, BS, is the founder of  Understanding the Nature of Childhood, a consultancy dedicated to improving  adult understanding of early childhood. She taught at a number of Montessori schols in Massachusetts, and  has been the Infant & Toddler faculty and field supervisor for the Montessori Institute-New England, Beverly, MA. AMS-credentialed (Infant & Toddler, Early Childhood)