Sparking Joyful Learning

Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response explains the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon children's playful reading responses in the PK-3 classroom

Tori K. Flint

Foreword by Karen Wohlwend Introduction Jumping into Playful Reader Response What the Research Tells Us Bringing it All Together Igniting the Spark Chapter 1: The Importance of Children's Literature Read, Play, Laugh The Need for Quality, Diverse Children's Literature Resources Examples Final Thoughts Chapter 2: Putting Play to Work: Implementing Responsive Play in the Classroom The Space-Time-Materiality Continuum Key Components of Responsive Play Final Thoughts: Adjusting Responsive Play to Meet Your Classroom Needs Chapter 3: Connecting Playful Reader Response to Classroom Literacy Goals Connecting to Personal Experiences and Knowledge Intertextuality Developing and Practicing Literacy Skills and Strategies Final Thoughts: (Re)Playing Chapter 4: Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Literacy Learning Observing Children's Play Documenting Children's Engagements Assessing Learning Final Thoughts: Self-Evaluation Chapter 5: Play(ing) Across the Day Playful Writing Playing into the Future Final, Final Thoughts References About the Author