The newest installment of the wildly popular Loose Parts series focuses on including families and competency building.

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Engagement: Children as Meaning Makers
Chapter 1 Focus and Concentration
Chapter 2 Children as Scientist
Chapter 3 Productive Agency
Chapter 4 The Power of Solitude
Part 3 Risk: Taking on Challenges
Chapter 5 Learning About Risk Taking Capacities
Chapter 6 Taking Physical Risks
Chapter 7 Socio-Emotional Risk
Chapter 8 Intellectual Risks
Part 4 Leadership Is Learning
Chapter 9 Open-mindedness and Perspective-Taking
Chapter 10 Altruism and Social Justice
Chapter 11 Taking a Global Perspective
Chapter 12 Building Sustainability
Part 5 Knowingness: Children's Way of Knowing
Chapter 13 Self-Awareness, Self-Knowledge
Chapter 14 Identity and Learning to Be
Chapter 15 Critical Reflection
Chapter 16 Adaptability, Resilience, and Flexibility
Part 6 Connections: An Essential Element in Development
Chapter 17 Creating a Sense of Belonging
Chapter 18 Young Children as Skillful Communicators
Chapter 19 Building Empathy
Chapter 20 Collaboration: Moral Development, Intuition, and Negotiation
Part 7 Innovative Thinking
Chapter 21 Reframing Opportunity through Design Thinking
Chapter 22 Inquisitiveness, Curiosity and a Sense of Wonder
Chapter 23 The Cycle of Learning
Chapter 24 Questions Without Answers
Part 8 Creativity
Chapter 25 Intellectual Playfulness
Chapter 26 Having a Keen Sense of Humor
Chapter 27 Willing to Go Beyond the Rules
Chapter 28 Enjoyment of Aesthetic Expressions