Tiny Hands, Big Impact: Play’s Role in Early Literacy

Authors

  • Holly Shortridge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.20.2.12

Abstract

For babies and toddlers, play is a source of joy, a serious job to be done and a way of making sense of the world around them. To see young children at play is to observe the hands-on learning that will enable them to participate in society and live fulfilling lives, due in no small part to the effect of play in early literacy acquisition.

Author Biography

Holly Shortridge

Holly Shortridge is Toy Library Officer at Randwick City Library in Sydney, Australia. She has recently completed a Master’s in Information Studies at Charles Sturt University.

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Published

2022-06-17

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022): Summer

Section

Features

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