Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response explains the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon childrens playful reading responses in the PK-3 classroom
Grounded in research and theory, Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response highlights the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon childrens playful reading responses in the PK-3 classroom. Readers will find guidance on using diverse childrens literature and ways to connect responsive play to literacy instruction, standards, and assessments. The approaches outlined in this book aim to spark imaginative learning with literacy instruction that is creative, joyful, and meaningful.
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Educators and scholars have always known that play is vital to childrens learning, but starting points for connecting play with reading may seem elusive. In Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teachers Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response, Tori Flint invites us to facilitate responsive playa perfect description for the joyful interactions with stories, language, and peers that young readers thrive on. Her expert knowledge and clear explanations guide readers through the practices and related observations and assessments that will bring childrens play and literary experiences to the forefront of classroom life. -- Patricia Enciso, PhD, professor, Ohio State University Dr. Flint provides teachers with practical guidance and research-based rationales for making book-related play a regular part of the elementary literacy curriculum. Responsive play gives children a reason to read and motivates the integration and application of the important literacy skills they are learning. Especially in this era of high-stakes testing, children need more opportunities for the kind of joyful, child-centered play described in Sparking Joyful Learning. -- Deborah Wells Rowe, PhD, Carolyn M. Evertson professor in teacher education, Vanderbilt University
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Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response explains the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon childrens playful reading responses in the PK-3 classroom
Foreword by Karen Wohlwend
Introduction
Jumping into Playful Reader Response
What the Research Tells Us
Bringing it All Together
Igniting the Spark
Chapter 1: The Importance of Childrens Literature
Read, Play, Laugh
The Need for Quality, Diverse Childrens Literature
Resources
Examples
Final Thoughts
Chapter 2: Putting Play to Work: Implementing Responsive Play in the
Classroom
The Space-Time-Materiality Continuum
Key Components of Responsive Play
Final Thoughts: Adjusting Responsive Play to Meet Your Classroom Needs
Chapter 3: Connecting Playful Reader Response to Classroom Literacy Goals
Connecting to Personal Experiences and Knowledge
Intertextuality
Developing and Practicing Literacy Skills and Strategies
Final Thoughts: (Re)Playing
Chapter 4: Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Literacy Learning
Observing Childrens Play
Documenting Childrens Engagements
Assessing Learning
Final Thoughts: Self-Evaluation
Chapter 5: Play(ing) Across the Day
Playful Writing
Playing into the Future
Final, Final Thoughts
References
About the Author
Tori K. Flint is an associate professor of literacy and early childhood education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the co-director of the Louisiana Center for Research and Education on Languages and Literacies. She believes that education should be joyful and that we should listen to and learn from the brilliance of children.
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