Preface
Part I. Research Foundations
1. Play and the Emergence of Literacy
Nigel Hall
2. Psychological Research on Play: Connections with Early Literacy Development
James F. Christie
Part II. Play's Role in Early Literacy Development
3. Longitudinal Relations among Preschoolers' Symbolic Play, Metalinguistic Verbs, and Emergent Literacy
A. D. Pellegrini and Lee Galda
4. Thematic-Fantasy Play and Story Comprehension
Peter A. Williamson and Steven B. Silvern
5. "But, It Ain't Real!": Pretense in Children's Play and Literacy Development
Amanda Branscombe
Part III. Educational Applications
6. Classroom Literature Activities and Kindergartners' Dramatic Story Reenactments
Miriam Martinez, Markay Cheyney, and William H. Teale
7. Preparing the Classroom Environment to Promote Literacy during Play
Lesley Mandel Morrow and Muriel Rand
8. The Influence of Literacy-Enriched Play Centers on Preschoolers' Conceptions of the Functions of Print
Susan B. Neuman and Kathy Roskos
9. Symbolic Play: A Source of Meaningful Engagements with Writing and Reading
Carol Taylor Schrader
10. Materials and Modeling: Promoting Literacy during Play
Carol Vukelich
11. Play and Early Literacy Development: Summary and Discussion
James F. Christie
Index