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Peer reviewedTrawick-Smith, Jeffrey; Picard, Theresa – Childhood Education, 2003
Raises concerns about whether literacy-enriched play in early childhood settings is really play. Presents a vignette to illustrate how a teacher can model literacy unobtrusively, thereby enhancing literacy, but unwittingly draw children away from meaningful play activities. Differentiates the cognitive processes involved in play and literacy…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Imagination
