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Direct linkMing, Kavin; Powell, Tenisha – NHSA Dialog, 2010
Emergent literacy skills are important for children's academic achievement. Many preschool children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds have limited access to experiences that allow them to acquire emergent literacy skills such as letter knowledge, concepts of print, and phonological awareness. This article describes purposeful and age-appropriate…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedPhelps, Pamela – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Describes and provides a list of materials for sensorimotor, symbolic, and construction play. Benefits of arranging the playground with a variety of materials are also discussed. (AS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dramatic Play, Manipulative Materials, Play
Peer reviewedGreen, Virginia P. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Elaborates classroom work skills and the play curriculum. Reviews play's relationship to learning and to the role of the adult. The implications of the American work ethic for play curricula and play training for teachers are discussed. (AS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum
Peer reviewedZervigon-Hakes, Anita – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Describes materials mastery and symbolic development as two discrete but related processes that preschool children learn. Uses the preschool setting to identify the developmental stages of construction play. (AS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Dramatic Play, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedLevy, Ann K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Reviews literature about play to examine the use of language to facilitate play, play with language as an object, and egocentric speech in play situations. Finds a definite link between language and play. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Acquisition, Language Role
