
REQUIRED TEXTS:
| DATE: | TOPIC: | DATE DUE: |
| October 26 | Introduction | No Assignment |
| October 27 | History and Definitions | Hughes: 1-14 |
| October 29 | Theories of Play | Hughes: 14-24 |
| October 30 | Methods for Studying Play | Hughes: 27-43 |
| November 2 | Infant Play | Hughes: 45-69 |
| November 3 | Infant Play-2 | Singer: 45-63 |
| November 5 | Preschool Play | Hughes: 70-98 |
| November 6 | Fieldwork #1 | |
| November 9 | Preschool Play-2 | Singer: 64-88 |
| November 10 | Childhood Play | Hughes: 99-120 |
| November 12 | Gender Diffrences | Hughes: 121-141 |
| November 13 | Fieldwork #2 | |
| November 16 | Growth through play | Singer: 117-152 |
| November 17 | Intellectual Development | Hughes: 165-184 |
| November 19 | MIDTERM EXAM | |
| November 20 | Fieldwork #3 | |
| November 23 | Memories of Play | Singer: 1-18 |
| November 24 | Imagination | Singer: 19-44 |
| November 25 | THANKSGIVING | |
| November 30 | Creating an Enviroment | Singer: 153-175 |
| December 1 | Social Benefits | Hughes: 185-205 |
| December 3 | Play as Healing | Singer: 199-229 |
| December 4 | Fieldwork #4 | |
| December 7 | Play Therapy | Hughes: 206-226 |
| December 8 | T.V. and Imagination | Singer: 176-198 |
| December 10 | Imagination Underground | Singer: 230-264 |
| December 11 | Fieldwork #5 | |
| December 14 | The Creative Adult | Singer: 265-289 |
| December 15 | Review | Fieldwork Paper due |
| December 18 | FINAL EXAMINATION |