Language Play

Language Play

Language play involves the use of language in rhyme, alliteration, and repeating patterns in order to amuse and delight children. Literate environments providing experiences in language play support the development of phonemic awareness (Hall & Moats, 1999; Burns, Griffin, & Snow, 1999; International Reading Association & National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1998; McGee & Richgels, 1996; Olson & Griffith, 1992). Games, fingerplays, songs, nursery rhymes, poems, and stories that contain rhyme, alliteration, and repeating language patterns provide a context for playing with language (Hall & Moats, 1999; Burns, Griffin, & Snow, 1999; International Reading Association & National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1998).

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