Introduction / Sharna Olfman
pt. I. The power of play in early childhood education
The vital role of play in early childhood education / Joan Almon
The role for play in the preschool curriculum / Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer, Sharon L. Plaskon, and Amanda E. Schweder
Early childhood education: lessons from Europe / Christopher Clouder
pt. II. Wired classrooms/wired brains
Cybertots: technology and the preschool child / Jane M. Healy
Handmade minds in the digital age / Frank R. Wilson
pt. III. Building blocks of intellectual development: emotion and imagination
Imagination and the growth of the human mind / Jeffrey Kane and Heather Carpenter
The vital role of emotion in education / Stuart Shanker
pt. IV. A mental health crisis among our children: the rise of technologies and demise of play
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: one consequence of the rise of technologies and demise of play? / Thomas Armstrong
Play and the transformation of feeling: Niki's case / Eva-Maria Simms
Pathogenic trends in early childhood education / Sharna Olfman.
