Play and Literacy in Early Childhood: Research From Multiple Perspectives

by Christie, James F.; Roskos, Kathleen; Göncü, Artin; Galda, Lee

• ISBN13: 9780805829655
• ISBN10: 0805829652
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Original studies and research syntheses from literacy/play inquiry, examined interms of research discoveries and relationships, analytic and interpretive issues, and implications for early literacy practices in play activity at home & school.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Margaret Meek
Preface	xv
About the Authors	xxi
PART I: A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE	1	(74)
Bringing Books to Life: The Role of Book-Related Dramatic Play in Young Children's Literacy Learning	3	(24)
Deborah Wells Rowe
The Narrative Connection: Stories and Literacy	27	(18)
Greta G. Fein
Alicia E. Ardila-Rey
Lois A. Groth
Symbolic Play, Phonological Awareness, and Literacy Skills at Three Age Levels	45	(18)
Doris Bergen
Daria Mauer
COMMENTARY---Cognitive Development, Play, and Literacy: Issues of Definition and Development Function	63	(12)
A. D. Pellegrini
Lee Galda
PART II: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE	75	(76)
Incorporating Literacy Resources Into the Play Curriculum of Two Icelandic Preschools	77	(14)
Johanna Einarsdottir
Supporting Literacy in Early Childhood Programs: A Challenge for the Future	91	(16)
Loraine Dunn
Sara Ann Beach
Susan Kontos
Reading Is a Source of Entertainment: The Importance of the Home Perspective for Children's Literacy Development	107	(18)
Susan Sonnenschein
Linda Baker
Robert Serpell
Diane Schmidt
Through the Bioecological Lens: Some Observations of Literacy In Play as a Proximal Process	125	(14)
Kathleen A. Roskos
COMMENTARY---Play, Literacy, and Ecology: Implications for Early Educational Research and Practice	139	(12)
James E. Johnson
PART III: A SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE	151	(90)
Social Contexts for Literacy Development: A Family Literacy Program	153	(16)
Susan B. Neuman
``It Would Be as Good as Snow White.'': Play and Prosody	169	(20)
N. Amanda Branscombe
Janet B. Taylor
Literacy, Play, and Authentic Experience	189	(16)
Nigel Hall
Sociocultural Contexts of Dramatic Play: Implications for Early Education	205	(16)
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Meera Shin
Bridget Donovan
Preeti Suppal
COMMENTARY---Constructing Sociocultural Aproaches to Literacy Education	221	(20)
Artin Goncu
Eleni Katsarou
Afterword	231	(10)
Kathleen A. Roskos
James F. Christie
References	241	(24)
Author Index	265	(8)
Subject Index	273