Literacy Playshop: New Literacies, Popular Media, and Play in the Early Childhood Classroom

by Karen E. Wohlwend

Book Overview

Building on her award-winning research (featured in Playing Their Way into Literacies) that emphasizes that play is an early literacy, Wohlwend has developed a curricular framework for children ages 3 to 8. The Literacy Playshop curriculum engages children in creating their own multimedia productions, positioning them as media makers rather than passive recipients of media messages. The goal is to teach young children to critically interpret the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807754285
• ISBN13: 9780807754283
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"