Description
Book SynopsisDominant assumptions about place tend to be defined in relation to urban communities. To assume a singular construction of urban places misrepresents the experiences, perspectives, and identities of urban children, making their identities become invisible to researchers, educators, and curriculum developers.
Sharing a wide range of perspectives, The Role of Place and Play in Young Children’s Language and Literacy sheds light on language and literacy learning in play-based early childhood settings where place plays an important role in teaching and learning. Drawing on geographic contexts, including northern rural and Indigenous communities, and giving voice to educational leaders in Indigenous professional learning contexts, as well as speech-language pathologists, this book joins forces with literacy and early childhood education researchers to create an interdisciplinary collage of theory, research, and practice.
Bringing play and place together, a co
Table of Contents
List of Figures 1. Introduction: Playce-Based Language and Literacy Learning in Early Childhood Shelley Stagg Peterson and Nicola Friedrich 2. Valuing Rural and Indigenous Social Practices: Play as Placed Learning in Kindergarten Classrooms Karen Eppley, Shelley Stagg Peterson, and Denise Heppner 3. Seven Directions Early Learning for Indigenous Land Literacy Wisdom Sharla Mskokii Peltier 4. Sámi Children’s Language Use, Play, and the Outdoors Through Teachers’ Lens Kristina Belancic 5. Young Children Exploring Identities, Languages, and Cultures in a Multicultural Place Maria Cooper and Helen Hedges 6. Placing the Child’s Hands on the Land: Conceptualizing, Creating, and Implementing Land-Based Teachings in a Play Space Lori Huston and Stephanie Michano-Drover 7. Negotiating a Place to Belong in an Aotearoa New Zealand Playgroup Mary M. Jacobs 8. The Importance of the Land, Language, Culture, Identity, and Learning in Relation for Indigenous Children Jeffrey Wood 9. If Writing Floats “on a Sea of Talk,” How Best to Harness the Waves and Currents of Place and Play? Judy M. Parr 10. Scaffolding Community Literacy Practices in Kindergarten Classrooms Nicola Friedrich 11. Children’s Engagement and Inquiry in Outdoors Contexts as Play- and Place-Based Learning Gisela Wajskop 12. Enriching Learning with the Richness Around Us Christine Portier 13. Exploring Urban Place-Based Play as a Stimulus for "Language in Action" and "Language as Reflection" Janet Scull and Kim O’Grady 14. The Key Role of the Educator as a Conversational Partner in Play- and Place-Based Learning Janice Greenberg and Sharon Walker 15. Language Learning in the Garden: Discoveries from a Collaboration in a North-Central Saskatchewan Indigenous Community Laureen J. McIntyre, Laurie-ann M. Hellsten, and Tyler Bergen 16. Conclusion: Questions and Implications Arising from Playce-Based Learning in Communities across Four Continents Shelley Stagg Peterson 17. Places and Players: An Afterword Michael Corbett Contributors Index
