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ERIC Number: EJ633397
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Playing with Literacy in Preschool Classrooms.
Klenk, Laura
Childhood Education, v77 n3 p150-57 Spr 2001
Contends that play-based literacy offers a much-needed reasonable response to the increasing expectations placed on young children and their teachers for literacy development. Presents first-hand accounts of preschool teachers' responses to new play- based literacy activities. Notes that these changes resulted in significantly increased levels of literacy engagement. (SD)
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Literacy, Literacy Education, Play, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Reading, Reading Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literacy Engagement; Play Learning