Hi Bec,
The theories of play are in most of the level 3 text books but i've also managed to get a copy of 'how children learn' by Linda Pound. Its a book on all the theorists its quite in-depth but it helped me answer the theories of play well enough. My tutor told me that Holistic is an overall view, it includes everything, so when you do an observation you are to look at the wider picture not just focus on the activity. So, like, if you were doing an gross motor skill activity with a group of children with age differences of about 6 months and there is a child that is not as developed as the others you need to look at every factor as to why this is the case i.e his home life, his general physical and mental ability etc...sorry for going on always got loads to say.
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