nannycast: NannyCast 23: Play Early Child Development Series. This episode covers everything you could possibly learn about children and their play. We cover the six types of play as taught in ECE classes, as well as the two types of play-with-adults as taught to psychotherapists. And we teach you why play is important, not just that play is important. And for the human resources connection? This is your professional development, free! (download) Additional Show Notes: Dr. Diane Philipp on Child Led Play You and Your Young Child Danielle Shirley on Play Child-Directed Play and Parent-Directed Play: Two Ways for Parents to Play with Their Children Dr. Jeffrey Trawick-Smith on The Importance of Play Keep reading For those who attended the 2021 interNational Nanny Training Day, this podcast episode serves as a good companion piece to the session entitled A Conversation Regarding Play, Emotions, COVID, Play, and Puppets! which can be watched OnDemand until 2nd of May 2021.