Carol Westby – Play & Language The Roots of Literacy

LanguageCognitive, social, and cognitive-All literacy and academic success depends on the ability to learn emotional skills. Research has shown that play is the universal activity which combines cognitive and social, emotional, linguistic, and motor components.

Carol Westby – Play & Language The Roots of Literacy

• Foundations of Cognitive-Play-Literacy Relationship: Frameworks for Assessment and Intervention
  • Dynamic systems theory: Integrating nature and nurture theories
  • The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning
  • Framework for performance competence assessment and intervention
• Social-Emotional/Cognitive Precursors PlayBirth-17 Months
  • Neurotypical and atypical patterns of Social-emotional development
  • Social Influences of Environment-Play and emotional development
  • Temperamental variations in children
  • Presymbolic Play
• Development of Pretend Play Dimensions (from 17 months to 5 years): Relationship of Play Dimensions Language And Literacy
  • Theory of Mind Dimension (understanding thoughts & feelings) of (Self and Others)
  • Decontextualization Dimension (reduced Use) of Props in Play
  • Thematic Dimension: From familiar to new pretend themes
  • Organization Dimension (sequencing, planning) of play)
• Interventions to Encourage Playing to Learn
  • Goal setting for playful goals
  • Promote literate-style language through play
  • Through playful activities, you can develop phonological awareness skills
  • To build foundations for literacy and language, encourage thematic pretend play

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LanguageCognitive, social, and cognitive-All literacy and academic success depends on the ability to learn emotional skills. Research has shown that play is the universal activity which combines cognitive and social, emotional, linguistic, and motor components. Observing children’s play provides information about their knowledge, views of You can conquer the world.

Join Dr. Westby Learn about the crucial relationship between the dimensions. of Socializing,-Literacy, language, and emotional functioning. You will learn how to use it effectively. Westby Play Scale—a tool that offers a way to evaluate all young children’s (birth-5 years) Symbolic play skills. Supported 40 years of Do you have evidence?-This tool, which is based on research and organized according to developmental level, will help you determine the milestones your child should be reaching in play and language. Play strategies and play practices to improve language, cognitive, and social skills will be shared.-Emotional skills include:

• Higher-Problem solving, level thinking-Problem solving and creativity
• Accuracy in reading and writing
• Awareness of temporal, cause-Social relationships and effects
• Motivation and self-motivation-Empathy and regulation
• Interpreting and responding to the roles, needs, and desires of Others

These intervention activities will work for all young children, but special focus will be given to interventions for children with language learning disabilities, autism, socioeconomic/cultural variations and ESL.

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