Play, The Library, and Every Child Ready to Read 2

Authors

  • Judy T. Nelson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.15.3.37

Abstract

Play is one of the five practices every parent uses to help their young children get ready to read. Through research and evaluation, Dr. Susan Neuman identified five simple but powerful practices and simplified the language used in Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR 1st edition) from the six skills (print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, vocabulary, narrative skills, and print motivation) to the practices (reading, writing, singing, talking, playing) used in ECRR 2nd edition.

Author Biography

Judy T. Nelson

Judy T. Nelson is Customer Experience Manager, Youth, at Pierce County (WA) Library System.

References

Dimitri A. Christakis, Frederick J. Zimmerman, and Michelle M. Garrison, “Effect of Block Play on Language Acquisition and Attention in Toddlers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial,” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 161, no. 10 (2007): 967, https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.10.967.

“Learing Library: Block Play Studies,” Imagination Playground, accessed June 5, 2017, http://www.imaginationplayground.com/learning-library/learning-library-block-play.html.

Gwen Dewar, “Why Toy Blocks Rock: The Science of Building and Construction Toys,” Parenting Science, accessed June 5, 2017, http://www.parentingscience.com/toy-blocks.html.

Block Play brochure, Pierce County Library Systems, accessed June 5, 2017, www.piercecountylibrary.org/files/library/block-play-brochure.pdf.

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Published

2017-09-28

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2017): Fall

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