MMH Kindergarten
  • Welcome to Kindergarten
  • Meet the Teachers
  • Newsletter & Calendar
  • Educational Links and Information
    • A Poem For Parents
    • Apps
  • Why Play?
    • Rationale
    • Types of Play
    • Play & the Curriculum
    • Research & Suggested Reading

Research & Suggested Reading

​Articles
"'Where Do the Bears Go?' The Value of Child-Directed Play" by Genan T. Anderson, Anita Rae Spainhower, and Ann C. Sharp. Young
          Children. (May 2014). 

“Real literacy in a school setting: Five-year-olds take on the world” by Nigel Hall. The Reading Teacher. Vol 52. No.1 (September  
          1998).

"The Use of Play and Inquiry in a Kindergarten Drama Centre: A Teacher's Critical Reflection" by Laura Hope-Southcott. Canadian
          Children. Vol. 28. No. 1 (Spring 2013).

“Assessing and Scaffolding Make- Believe Play” by Deborah J. Leong and Elena Bodrova. Young Children. (January 2012).

“Research on Play” Research synthesized from: The complete folder of Play: Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development.
          http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/pages/PDF/play.pdf

“Symbolic Play and Emergent Literacy” by Sandra J. Stone and William Stone

The Importance of Play: Supporting Kindergarten. Saskatchewan Online Curriculum (October 2010)

"Neuroscience, Play and Early Childhood Education: Connections, Implications and Assessment" by Stephen Rushton, Anne Juola
          Rushton, and Elizabeth Larking. Early Childhood Education. (November 21, 2009). 

"Holding on to Play: Reflecting on Experiences as a Playful K-3 Teacher" by Lisa D. Wood. Young Children, (May 2014). 
 
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Books
"Explorations- Learning Through Inquiry and Play” by Lalie Harcourt and Ricki Wortzman. Pearson Canada Inc. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.

"The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter: The Uses of Storytelling in the Classroom" by Vivian Gussin Paley 

“From Play to Practice- Connecting Teachers’ Play to Children’s Learning” by Marcia L. Neil and Walter F. Drew with Deborah E. Bush 
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  • Welcome to Kindergarten
  • Meet the Teachers
  • Newsletter & Calendar
  • Educational Links and Information
    • A Poem For Parents
    • Apps
  • Why Play?
    • Rationale
    • Types of Play
    • Play & the Curriculum
    • Research & Suggested Reading