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Boldt, Gail M. – Language Arts, 2009
In this article, Boldt considers decisions teachers must make about the value of children's writing as a form of play in primary classrooms. She offers a brief history of the framing of this question at 1966 Dartmouth Conference on English, focusing particularly on the perspective of Jimmy Britton. She highlights the relationship between Britton's…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Writing Instruction, Play, Comprehension

Alexander, Robert – Language Arts, 1984
Touches on the cognitive and self-discovery processes and imagination and creativity children experience before their verbal skills are fully developed. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Processes