Emma’s restaurant: Early literacy and social practices during play in a pre-K classroom
Journal of Early Childhood Research
Published online on May 18, 2026
Abstract
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The study examines how Emma, a focal child in a larger qualitative study on young children’s play activities and multimodal practices, used restaurant-themed play for social and literacy-learning purposes in her prekindergarten classroom. Naturalistic ...
The study examines how Emma, a focal child in a larger qualitative study on young children’s play activities and multimodal practices, used restaurant-themed play for social and literacy-learning purposes in her prekindergarten classroom. Naturalistic ...