Developing integrated pedagogical approaches to play and learning / Elizabeth Wood -- Learning to play in a cultural context / Liz Brooker -- Cooperative play and learning from nursery to year one / Pat Broadhead -- 'Born to play': the biocultural roots of rough and tumble play, and its impact upon young children's learning and development / Pan Jarvis -- Playing on the edge: perceptions of risk and danger in outdoor play / Helen Tovey -- Identity and young children's drawings: power, agency, control and transformation / Emese Hall -- Supporting a playful approach to drawing / Kathy Ring -- Play is a complex landscape: imagination and symbolic meanings / Maulfry Worthington -- Making the most of play in the early years: the importance of children's perceptions / Justine Howard -- Play, metacognition and self-regulation / David Whitebread.