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Three Emergent Writers and the School Curriculum: Copying and Other Myths.

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Dyson, Anne Haas – Elementary School Journal, 1985

Using data from 14 weeks of participant observation, this study examines three kindergartners' behaviors during common beginning literacy activities (i.e., copying and free composition). Results focus on the children's understanding of how written symbols and orally read messages are related and have implications for the use of teaching…

Descriptors: Creative Writing, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten Children, Oral Reading

Research in Review. Symbol Makers, Symbol Weavers: How Children Link Play, Pictures and Print.

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Dyson, Anne Haas – Young Children, 1990

Discusses the developmental process that allows children to use symbols to represent their experienced world and to construct imagined worlds. Emphasizes the critical role of art and play in children's growth as symbol makers. (BB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing, Interpersonal Relationship