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 and Umar Umangay.- Section Two Playing with bodies (of knowledge).- (Re)Playing Decolonization umar keoni umangay.- Pre-service teachers, Aboriginal students and the cross-cultural 'playing field'; Maria Bennet and Beverley Moriarty.- From local to global: international initiatives in school leadership Zeffie Nicholas and Erica van Roosmalen.- Alternative models of learning, thinking and teaching; Beverley Moriarty and Louise Wightman.- Press Play; Tara Brabazon.- Section Three Playing with pedagogies.- Practice play in learning to teach: performing a teaching body; Jo-Anne Reid and Denise Wood.- Outdoor play: friend or foe to early childhood physical activity?; Kelly Tribolet.- Personal epistemologies and pedagogical play: changing practice in teacher education; Jae Major and Alison Ayrton.- Let's talk about something important. Let's talk about me; Tara Brabazon.- Conclusion: This used to be my playground; Tara Brabazon.