Playful Texts and the Emergent Reader - Developing metalinguistic awareness - Anne Plummer
Learning to look: reading playful texts with children
Playful Texts and the Emergent Reader - Developing metalinguistic awareness - Anne Plummer
Anne Plummer [+]
After working for Australian State and Federal governments in environmental protection and social policy, Anne Plummer changed direction to qualify as a teacher with the Association Montessori Internationale. She has worked extensively with children in primary classrooms and individually. Her research interests include Montessori grammatics, children’s literature, and the ontogenesis of literary reading.
Description
Offers techniques which can be used to build inference-making skills and support critical thinking. The chapter also includes case studies, spanning several decades, of children interacting with playful texts. The studies show children building visual literacy and metalinguistic awareness, negotiating complex sense-making procedures, and revelling in narrative play.