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ERIC Number: EJ327181
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Adventuring with Words: Keeping Language Curiosity Alive in Elementary School Children.
Tompkins, Gail E.; Tway, Eileen
Childhood Education, v61 n5 p361-65 May-Jun 1985
Provides an annotated book list for use by elementary school teachers. Emphasizes children's involvement in word play and word games as a means to strengthen the language arts program. Specific areas covered include word play and word games, riddles, jokes, rhymes and verse, sounds and words, and word histories. (DST)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Games, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Enrichment, Language Skills, Poetry, Vocabulary Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Word Games; Words