Introduction: Play up? Play around?; Tara Brabazon.- Section One: Setting the field of play.- Play in early childhood education: an historical perspective; Sandie Wong and Helen Logan.- Playing with play: a playful reconnaissance; Randa Khattar and Karyn Callaghan.- Team players; Felicity McArdle, Jennifer Sumsion, Sue Grieshaber, Kellie Bousfield and Paul Shield.- Faculty, Candidates, and Children at Play; Linda Charko, Cameron Fraser, Don Jones...