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Wason-Ellam, Linda – Highway One, 1986
Describes and provides examples of how storytelling can help develop children's language ability. Argues that the goal is not to teach children language but to create an environment that will allow language learning to occur naturally. (SRT)
Descriptors: Child Development, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewedBenjamin, Rebecca – Youth & Society, 1995
Analyzes the structural and thematic elements of three stories written by a sixth-grade Navajo girl to challenge the notion that a linear pattern of growth is followed by all children as they learn to write stories. The results question the assumption that certain kinds of narratives and their American Indian authors are less able or less…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Development, Childrens Writing, Creative Writing
