'Reading Is Like Playing with Your Mind': Kindergartners' Meaning-Making of Nonfiction Picturebooks through Play
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| Title: | 'Reading Is Like Playing with Your Mind': Kindergartners' Meaning-Making of Nonfiction Picturebooks through Play |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Courtney Shimek |
| Source: | Language Arts. 2026 103(4):223-235. |
| Availability: | National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education |
| Descriptors: | Kindergarten, Young Children, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Play, Reader Response, Reading Aloud to Others, Independent Reading, Vocabulary Development, Reading Processes, Imagination |
| DOI: | 10.58680/la20261034223 |
| ISSN: | 0360-9170 1943-2402 |
| Abstract: | Grounded in Bakhtin's heteroglossia and Rosenblatt's reader response theory, this semester-long case study of a kindergarten classroom located in the Southeast United States explored the playful meaning-making that occurred around nonfiction picturebooks. Part of the research design focused on the interactions that occurred during whole-group interactive read-alouds and the other part examined how students in the classroom continued to process the information discussed during these read-alouds throughout other, less structured parts of the school day. The findings demonstrate that through play, children engage in reader response and develop meaning-making skills necessary for reading development. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1500242 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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