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Home Resource Integrating play into literacy instruction: Interview with Tim Shanahan
This video features an extended interview with Tim Shanahan, Ph.D., and includes descriptions of research-based recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse about how to teach literacy to young students.
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Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Emotional Development, Instruction, Kindergarten, Learning Strategies, Literacy, Phonological Awareness, Play, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Reading Comprehension, Social Development, Teaching MethodsRelated WWC Resources
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Date: July 2020
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