 | |  | | | | Product Description | This paper, presented at the 1999 NAEYC Conference, explores specific ways that play can enhance early literacy development in the early childhood classroom. | | Authors | Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong, Ruth Hensen, and Maddie Henninger | | Target Audience | Early Childhood Educators | | Ways to Use this Product | As a guide for way to use dramatic play in the early childhood classroom |  Key Ideas | Play promotes four major skills that are central to early literacy development:underlying cognitive skills: the ability to think deliberately development of symbolic representation oral language content related literacy concepts and skills
|  How to Get this Product | View/Download the PDF | | APA Citation | Bodrova, E., Leong, D. J., Hensen, R., & Henninger, M. (1999). Scaffolding early literacy through play: How to strengthen play, increase oral language, encourage symbolic thinking, and support the development of print and writing concepts. New Orleans 1999 NAEYC Conference. | | You may be interested in | |
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