Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning through Inquiry and Play, PreK–2

Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning through Inquiry and Play, PreK-2 Renee Dinnerstein Portsmouth, NH: Heinmann, 2016. Foreword, conclusion, acknowledgments, and works cited. 164pp. $28.13 paper. ISBN: 9780325077659

Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning through Inquiry and Play, PreK-2 is a thorough look at younger children's play through inquiry and exploration. Author Renee Dinnerstein divides the book into two primary aspects that promote play choice: part 1 discusses the importance of play, different types of play, and classroom logistics of play-centered development; while part 2 delves into the explanation and creation of these varied, multilayered centers using blocks, science, reading, dramatic play, math, and art.

In part 1, Dinnerstein describes why choice time and play are pivotal to children....