This book asserts that it is desirable for early-childhood educators and parents to move away
from simple slogans and beliefs about play and toward a more comprehensive awareness …

This Third Edition begins with a brief overview of the recent key national policies and initiatives
that have had a significant impact on the teaching of reading and writing at the preschool …

This volume brings together studies, research syntheses, and critical commentaries that
examine play-literacy relationships from cognitive, ecological, and cultural perspectives. The …

The idea that a seemingly frivolous activity such as play can promote children’s literacy
development is very intriguing and has prompted a large amount of research activity over the …

Great Expectations to wrestle with these complicated questions, we must take practical
action so that our growing understanding in early literacy supports the young child as a …

The past decade has witnessed growing interest in the role of play in child development,
prompting numerous research studies on the effects and correlates of playful behavior. This …

We performed transoesophageal echocardiography on 24 patients during reamed intramedullary
nailing of 17 tibial and seven femoral fractures. In 14 patients there was only minimal …

The post-traumatic fat embolism syndrome is a multisystem disorder characterized by
pulmonary and neurologic dysfunction, pyrexia, and a petechial rash 1 – 4 . More than a century …

This study investigated the effects of two types of intervention on preschoolers' play patterns
and literacy development. Theme-related literacy materials were added to the dramatic play …

Oomycetes in the class Saprolegniomycetidae of the Eukaryotic kingdom Stramenopila
have evolved as severe pathogens of amphibians, crustaceans, fish and insects, resulting in …