Playing their way into literacies : reading, writing, and belonging in the early childhood classroom / Karen E. Wohlwend ; foreword by Jackie Marsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wohlwend, Karen E.

Series:

Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)

Language and literacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Early childhood)--Social aspects.

Language arts (Early childhood).

Play.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

xiv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2011]

Summary:

Karen Wohlwend provides a new framework for rethinking the boundaries between literacy and play, so that play itself is viewed as a literacy practice along with reading, writing, and design. Through a variety of theoretical lenses, the author presents a portrait of literacy play that connects three play groups: the girls and, importantly, boys, who played with Disney Princess media; "Just Guys," who used design and sports media to make a boys-only space; and a group of children who played teacher with big books and other school texts. These young children "play by design," using play not only as a literacy to transform the texts that they read, write, and draw, but also as a tactic to transform their relational identities in the social spaces of peer and school cultures.

Emphasizing the importance of play despite current high-stakes testing demands, this book:

Offers cutting-edge analyses and examples of new literacies, popular culture, and multimodal discourses.

Illustrates how children's play can both produce and challenge normative discourses regarding ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.

Features vivid descriptions, examples of young children in action, and photographs. Book jacket.

Contents:

Play as a literacy

Playing school and learning to read

"Just playin' around" and "just makin' stuff" to make a space for just guys

Boys and girls playing Disney princesses and (re)writing gender

Play as a tactic

Appendix A: methodology-researching literacies in a playful kindergarten

Appendix B: mediated discourse analysis and the playing/reading nexus

Appendix C: multimodal discourse analysis and the playing/designing nexus

Appendix D: critical discourse analysis and the playing/writing nexus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807752609

0807752606

9780807752616

0807752614

OCLC:

742516156