Kate Smith, Karen Vincent

Supporting Early Literacies through Play (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together two key areas within early childhood- play and literacy - this book offers an innovative approach to examining literacies within the context of children's play.

This book:

• Introduces students to contemporary theory and research in the field
• Explores the debates surrounding young children's play and how language and literacies are created through a range of play activity
• Helps students to reflect on how this knowledge can be applied in their future professional lives working to support young children

Advocating for young children's play and diverse literacies, this book supports students to develop a depth of knowledge about how play can extend children's literacies, and encourages early childhood educators to reflect on and enhance their literacy practices with young children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529766134
• Artikelnr.: 62197340

Autorenporträt

Dr Kate Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Early Childhood Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. She currently leads modules on language and literacy and supervises post-graduate and research students. As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy she has led employment based undergraduate programmes and travelled to Sweden, Finland and Norway as part of her university role. Kate's PhD explored young children's writing activity in their first year of school. She continues to research this area and has written a number of articles about young children's literacy. Before lecturing she was a primary teacher working with children aged 3-7 in London and Kent schools with whole-school responsibility for Literacy and Art. Kate's work with school's continues in her role as a Director of a Multi Academy Trust in Kent. She is co-editor of An Introduction to Early Childhood (2018) and has recently contributed to the Birth to Five Matters documentation. She is a member of UKLA and BERA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Weaving together young children's play and literacies
Chapter 1: Strong Foundations: The significance of play
Chapter 2: Playful Encounters: Language and multimodal communication
Chapter 3: Playing Narratively: Stories, imagination and role play
Chapter 4: Making a Mark on the World: Playful writing
Chapter 5: Sharing Stories: Reading and playing together
Chapter 6: Playing Digitally: Multimodal digital literacies
Chapter 7: 'We're going on a bear hunt': Language and Literacies in Outdoor
Play
Chapter 8: Curriculum Conversations: How the curriculum can support
literacies and play