Let the expert on Early Years Play explain the key ideas and best practice‎.‎ Professor Tina Bruce‎,‎ an acknowledged expert on play‎,‎ has a real talent for presenting key ideas and difficult concept in a clear and straightforward manner‎.‎ This definitive guide to the values behind play‎,‎ the importance of play for child development from 0 to 5 years old‎,‎ and best practice for cultivating play in an Early Years or Educational setting‎.‎ She shows that play helps children to achieve the highest form of learning in early childhood‎.‎ This is an ideal text for those studying Play at levels 3 and 4‎,‎ Foundation Degrees‎,‎ Undergraduate Early Childhood Studies and Primary Education courses‎,‎ Postgraduate study and for those working in an Early Years setting‎.‎