A Longitudinal Study of the Predictive Relations among Symbolic Play, Linguistic Verbs, and Early Literacy.

Pellegrini, A. D.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1991

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A Longitudinal Study of the Predictive Relations among Symbolic Play, Linguistic Verbs, and Early Literacy.

Pellegrini, A. D.; And Others

Research in the Teaching of English, v25 n2 p219-35 May 1991

Examines the predictive relations among dimensions of symbolic play (object and ideational transformations), linguistic verbs, and measures of early literacy. Indicates that use of linguistic verbs predicts Concepts of Print scores and that symbolic play and linguistic verbs predict emergent writing and reading, respectively. (SR)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Emergent Literacy, Prereading Experience, Preschool Education, Pretend Play, Reading Research, Young Children

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Language: English

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