Introducing place names in literacy education Academic Article

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Abstract

• This article offers teachers ways to explore language and language play through the study of place names. The principal purpose of language play, including the rich realm of place names, is to stimulate, sustain, and enhance the natural interest in language that children exhibit practically from birth.

Authors

• Schlichting, Kathleen A

Publication Date

• 2004-01-01

Published In

• The Reading Professor  Journal

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Start Page

• 30

End Page

• 56

Volume

• 26

Issue

• 2