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:
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Introduces students to contemporary theory and research in the field
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Explores the debates surrounding young children’s play and how language and literacies are created through a range of play activity
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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.
Table of Content
Introduction: Weaving together young children’s play and literaciesChapter 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
About the author
Karen Vincent is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and Primary Initial Teacher Education. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the Primary Lead for Early Years at Canterbury Christ Church University. She currently leads the early childhood placement modules, teaches modules on child development and learning and supervises final year research students. Karen’s doctoral thesis explores the pedagogical narratives of early childhood initial teacher educators. As a teacher of young children, Karen taught in a range of different school settings in a variety of leadership roles, before becoming a teacher educator. Karen has written several chapters and articles relating to early years and primary initial teacher education. These include pedagogies of play, play and mathematics, literacy transition from EYFS to KS1 and mentoring. Karen is a member of IPDA, TACTYC and The Chartered College of Teaching.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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