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Play can help you read! Jerri and Danielle discuss the early literacy skill "play."
A
Hi,
I'm
gerry
hide
youth
services
manager
at
the
Ames
Public
Library,
and
welcome
to
well
read
a
program
about
a
little
bit
of
this
and
a
little
bit
of
that
at
your
aims.
Public
library
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
something
you
might
not
think
is
a
part
of
a
library
but
is
a
very
important
part
of
a
library,
because
readers
could
not
read
and
Leslie
knew
how
and
know
how
to
play.
A
This
is
our
continuation
of
our
early
literacy
skills
and
practices,
program
or
series
that
we
have,
and
today
I
brought
in
my
play,
expert
Danielle.
You
have
many
other
experts,
expertise
as
well,
but
this
play
is
a
very
important
part
that
that
I
know
that
you
volunteered
to
take
this
practice
and
tell
us
why
that
was
well.
B
I
chose
it
or
ask
to
be
in
this
one,
because
it's
so
overarching
every
single
one
of
these
early
literacy
skills,
somehow
you
can
make
you
can
play
in
some
way
and
have
one
of
these
skills
come
in,
for
example,
narrative
skills
to
little
kids
playing,
pretend
telling
each
other
that
story:
I'm
you're
the
mom
I'm,
the
dad
she's
the
baby,
we're
going
to
go
to
the
store.
That's
you
know,
you're
telling
a
story
and
it's
the
first
step.
A
And
in
there
are
two
skills:
it's
also
that
that
symbolic
play.
Yet
you
know
those
words
on
the
page.
We
know
that
they
mean
things,
but
that
very
first
step
for
all
of
our
children
who
are
beginning
to
read.
Those
are
symbols,
and
they
have
to
know
that
that
this
person-
or
this
word
or
letter,
means
and
stands
for
something
else,
and
until
they
actually
experienced
being
a
princess
or
being
a.
B
A
It
represents,
and
we
we
learn
vocabulary
going
along
with
that
as
well,
that
the
vocabulary
that
it
isn't.
What
was
it
that
you
called
it
penguin
a
penguin,
because
then
we
could
talk
about
the
differences,
but
but
that's
a
very
good
example
and
I
know
that
you
did
that.
Purposely
yes,
because
we,
you
know,
that's
a
wonderful
way
to
find
differences
and
learn
the
vocabulary
about
and
describe
the
pen
gun
versus
the
kangaroo
and
this
little
guy,
the
Joey.
You
know
and
all
that
because
of
a
piece
of
fur
yeah.
B
B
A
A
B
B
Learning
different
ways,
for
example,
just
plain
when
they're
climbing
up
some
stairs
so
there
when
they
get
to
the
top.
Maybe
there
is
a
sign
same
stairs
so
they
see
those
stairs
but
they've
been
climbing
them,
and
so
they
can
see
that
sign
and
it
means
something,
then
your
top
or
tab
on
the
bottom
or
this
way
to
the
ice
cream
machine.
Whatever
yeah.
B
A
B
A
B
Fun
they
are
they're,
really
really
fun,
except
if
you
maybe
get
a
child
like
my
sister,
who
used
to
throw
the
board
game
when
she
wasn't
winning.
You
know
that's
another
example
of
another
way
that
play
is
really
important
it
above
and
beyond
all
of
the
skills.
It
also
teaches
children
how
to
get
along
in
our
world
or
social
skills,
but.
A
B
But
in
addition,
Candyland
has
no
words
in
it.
You
know
you
don't
need
to
be
able
to
read
to
play
this,
but
if
you
it
looks
like
it's
a
spinner
now
these
days
it
used
to
be
the
cards,
but
now
it
looks
like
if
you
spin
and
get
on
a
red.
The
children
know
that
stands
for
moving
their
piece
to
the
next
red
or
two
reds
or
if
you
look,
there's
a
peanut
on
one
of
these
because
you're
supposed
to
go
to
the
peanut
brittle
cottage.
A
B
B
B
A
B
That
we're
cooking!
Oh!
No!
No!
So
you
can
do
so
many
things
with
these,
so
their
math
skills
can
really
go.
For
example,
say
you
have
oh
I,
don't
know
blocks
or
something
little
that
you
can
fit
in
here
and
Legos
so
say
you
put
all
the
Legos
in
and
you
challenge
your
child
to
guess
how
many
Legos
are
in
the
cup
and
would
there
be
more
or
fewer
Legos
in
the
half
cup
and
you
can
just
you
know.
This
is
just
something
that
I
happen
to
have.
B
And
he
is
still
pretty
young,
but
he
is
trying
his
best
to
put
them
in
order.
Last
night
he
pulled
up
hold
up.
I
have
a
set
of
three
stacking
callenders
like
this,
where
you
they
are
graduated
in
size
and
you
can
put
him
inside
and
he
is
15
months
old,
but
by
the
end
of
the
evening
he
had
figured
out.
Ok,
this
is
the
order.
This
is
how
it
feels
when
I
wear
them
on
my
head.
This
is
fit.
You
know
it's
metal,
it's
shinier,
it's
heavier
and
the
texture.
A
B
A
B
B
Not
that
I
ever
do
that
happen,
but
cooking
with
your
child
is
really
a
great
way
to
play,
but
also
to
deal
with
to
work
on
their
literacy
skills
letter
knowledge
challenge
them
to
point
out
all
the
words
that
they
know
in
the
recipe
or,
if
they're
you
know,
working
on
their
elf
alphabet.
Can
you
find
all
the
A's
in
this
recipe?
Can
you
help
momster?
Can
you
help
mom
measure
or
dad
mom,
dad
grandma,
the
adult
caregiver?
Yes
or
daycare
provider?
Yes,
Oh.
A
So
their
narrative
or
step
by
step,
but
playing
and
that's
why,
like
a
pretend
kitchen
or
stove,
is
always
so
important,
because
again,
children's
work
is
play
yeah
and
learning
how
to
to
work
through
things
or
become
different
people
as
part
of
that
playing
and
a
very
important
skill
for
them
to
learn
in
order
to
develop
their
reading
skills
or
their
life
skills
or
cooking
skills.
I
do.
A
B
A
B
A
That's
always
people
I
have
had
people
question
that
as
to
you
know,
why
would
you
have
toys
in
a
library,
a
library
supposed
to
be
quiet
and
you're
supposed
to
have
books
and
but
play
is
very
important
and
it's
one
of
those
early
literacy.
You
know
from
a
toddler
from
a
baby.
That's
crawling
from
a
baby.
That's
in
ur,
moms,
arms
or
dad's
arms.
Being
able
to
touch
different
shapes
blocks
are
a
very
important
part
of
that.
You
know
the
blocks
can
do
lots
of
different
things.
In
fact,
it
looks.
A
Fact
they've
done
Studies
on
block
play
and
about
how
important
it
is
that
we
do
it
and
there's
different
I.
Think
there's
like
eight
or
ten
different
steps
and
in
doing
blacks
and
one
is
tasting
it
and
just
holding
it
and
feeling
that
shape
which
helps
us.
With
the
letter
knowledge
when
you're
a
baby,
exploring
those
shapes
and
the
curves
and
the
squares,
then
they
like
the
next
step
is
stacking
them
and
a
simple
stack
of
you
know
up
to
you
know
one
on
top
of
each
other.
B
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
So
that
that's
one
way
puzzles
can
be
helpful
for
your
child.
Again,
we
have
our
pretend
with
the
rainbow
and
the
castle
and
then
the
real
with
our
our
animals.
But
then
we
were,
as
we
were,
putting
this
together
of
the
difficult
ones
where
the
you
have
a
wonderful
illustration
or
a
picture.
But
when
you
take
it
apart,
you
really
have
to
have
some
sort
of
spatial.
A
B
A
The
view
and/or
you
create
rules
to
change,
I
mean
all
that
is
you
know.
Social
skills
that
you're
a
building
and
so
play
has
lots
of
things
going
on.
Play
is
also
a
very
important
part
of
all
of
our
lives,
22
to
grow
and
experience
and
be
able
to
solve,
solve
issues
or
solve
problems
as
we
go
and
I
guess,
I
I
want
our
audience
to
see
that
we
don't
have
a
television
here.
A
B
You
know
there
are
times
when
I
pull
out
the
iphone
for
my
child,
but
I
try
to
still
make
it
an
interactive
experience
with
me.
We
try
not
to
watch
too
much
TV.
We
try
to
keep
two
things
that
are
interactive.
So
if
you
are
watching
television
with
your
child
know
that
you
know
discuss
it,
keep
that
conversation
conversation
going
just
like
anything
else,
but
any
limits
are
good
moderation
in
all
things.
In.
B
A
B
Read
and
yep,
you
know
we
do
have
all
sorts
of
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
I.
Have
this
quote
here:
I
have
to
throw
in
we'll
look
play
is
essential
to
development,
because
it
contributes
to
the
cognitive,
physical,
social
and
emotional
well-being
of
children.
So
it
has
all
those
things
as
we've
been
talking
about
and
I
just
like
to
throw
it
in
there,
because
it's
very
official
yes.