"Play-Based Curriculum During Literacy Instruction in Kindergarten" by Kayla Mertes

Author

Kayla Mertes

Term

Summer 2020

Capstone

Capstone Project

Degree Name

MAEd

Facilitator(s)

Jana Lo Bello Miller

Content Expert

Nicole Johnson

Abstract

Research has shown that play-based learning can be beneficial on students' academic and social growth when incorporated into a classroom. The curriculum designed for this project is designed using Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding By Design framework (UbD) to create a play-based learning curriculum for literacy instruction in a kindergarten classroom. Research has shown that when incorporating play-based learning in a classroom environment it is developmentally appropriate for students. This project is a week long made up of 5 individual literacy lessons that are play-based and can be used in a kindergarten classroom. The goal of this project is to give teachers resources to start including play-based learning into their classrooms so that their students can benefit emotionally, socially and academically. (

Keywords

Curriculum, Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Early Childhood, Literacy

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