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Altidor-Brooks, Alison; Malec, Alesia; Stagg Peterson, Shelley – Education 3-13, 2020
This study examined children's use of narrative strategies and social purposes in dramatic play through a sociocultural theoretical lens. We analysed language and nonverbal communication in play scenarios involving 17 kindergarteners and their teacher. Children used language and other communication modes to develop plot, character, and setting.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Coaching (Performance), Dramatic Play, Nonverbal Communication
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Cooper, Patricia M. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2005
Vivian Gussin Paley's "storytelling curriculum" consists of two interdependent activities, dictation and dramatization. It has long been recognized for its impact on young children's psychosocial, language, and narrative development. As a result of the Bush administration's educational policies, holistic, play-based curricula like storytelling are…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Young Children, Play, Class Activities