Homework Lance
ECE 620 Topic 4 DQ 1
Do you feel play has a place in supporting literacy development in early childhood? Explain why or why not.
As a child interacts with parents, siblings, families and eventually teachers and classmates, these interactions occur primarily through play. Poor social skills result from limited social interactions which (in theory) interfere with language development. Language and literacy are built from the first day of a child’s life. Literacy can be defined as the ability to interpret and understand messages relayed from others as means to communicate. Literacy skills are constructed from the knowledge of spoken language. Through communicating with others, young children develop their own linguistic competence and this allows children to develop their communicative abilities throughout their lives. Linguistic competence will enhance the child’s knowledge and facilitate learning and growth. When children play and communicate through play, they are learning how language works and gaining an understanding of how to interact with other people. Eventually, children connect the meaning of spoken language to written language, which is the key to success in school. This particular phenomenon is important to study because we believe it is crucial to understand how children develop literacy through play
Owocki, G., & Bird, L. B. (1999). Literacy through play. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
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