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Literacy Play: Is It Really Play Anymore? Issues in Education.

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Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey; Picard, Theresa – Childhood Education, 2003

Raises concerns about whether literacy-enriched play in early childhood settings is really play. Presents a vignette to illustrate how a teacher can model literacy unobtrusively, thereby enhancing literacy, but unwittingly draw children away from meaningful play activities. Differentiates the cognitive processes involved in play and literacy…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Imagination

Academics, Literacy, and Young Children: A Plea for a Middle Ground.

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Nel, Elizabeth M. – Childhood Education, 2000

Advocates providing opportunities for child-initiated literacy experiences within a free play setting in early childhood education programs. Presents a rationale for meaningful academic content in preschools, including the need for early adult models and advantages of free-play over structured settings. Details methods of promoting literacy in…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy