Download or read book Master Players written by Gretchen Reynolds and published by Early Childhood Education Seri. This book was released on 1997 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed as a companion volume to ""The Play's the Thing"", this book defines and analyses the concept of master player based on videotaped observations of pre-school children at play. By interweaving sequences of play together with their dialogue about them, the authors model how teachers can work as a team to develop their understanding of a particular child and of the value of children's quality play, and how they can support it. The in-depth discussion between the authors reveals the multi-facted nature of play, individual differences in both teachers' and children's styles, and the complexity of intervention decisions made by teachers.