Sociodramatic Play as Opportunity for Literacy Development: The Teacher's Role.

Korat, Ofra; Bahar, Etti; Snapir, Miriam

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ERIC Number: EJ659061

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Sociodramatic Play as Opportunity for Literacy Development: The Teacher's Role.

Korat, Ofra; Bahar, Etti; Snapir, Miriam

Reading Teacher, v56 n4 p386-93 Dec-Jan 2002-2003

Reports on an educational project that focused on the nature of the support one teacher gave to the children in her kindergarten class while engaging with them in literacy play. Contends that the project revealed that young children have their own assumptions about and knowledge of the written language, which they actively use in their play. (PM)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Dramatic Play, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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