Read chapters 5 and 6 in the text (Van Hoorn, Nourot, Scales, & Alward, 2015) paying careful attention to the role of the teacher in children’s play (the artist apprentice, the peacemaker, guardian of the gate, parallel player, spectator, participant, mat

Read chapters 5 and 6 in the text (Van Hoorn, Nourot, Scales, & Alward, 2015) paying careful attention to the role of the teacher in children’s play (the artist apprentice, the peacemaker, guardian of the gate, parallel player, spectator, participant, matchmaker, story player, and play tutor). Write 2-3 paragraphs that do the following:

Explain what is meant by the idea that how the adult becomes involved with children at play is more important than how much they get involved.

Describe the role(s) you take most often with children.

Explain which roles might be especially useful with the children you currently work with or which roles would you consider utilizing in the future.

Discuss the pros/cons of adult involvement in children’s play.

Explain how you can use play as an assessment tool within your classroom, providing examples of what you would assess through play.

Describe an example of at least three strategies you could use to assess age-appropriate development.