EJ423543 PS518364
Title: Preparing the Classroom Environment to Promote Literacy
during Play.
Author(s) Morrow, Lesley Mandel
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v5 n4 p537-54 Dec 1990
Publication Date: 1990
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1991
Examined 13 preschool classes to determine whether the voluntary
literacy behavior of children could be increased by means of teacher-guided introduction of reading and writing materials into dramatic
play areas. Thematic play with teacher guidance and literacy
materials yielded significantly increased literacy behavior. (SH)
Descriptors: *Classroom Environment; *Dramatic Play; *Literacy;
*Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Reading Readiness;
*Thematic Approach; Writing Readiness
Identifiers: *Emergent Literacy; Voluntary Participation
