Standards, Science, and the Role of Play in Early Literacy Education

Play = Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children's Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Christie, James F ^a   Roskos, Kathleen A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Early literacy; Learning; Play; Science; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920398612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304381.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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