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Title: We Are a Story: Community Storytelling amidst and among Standards
Language: English
Authors: Cristina Gillanders, Dana Frantz Bentley
Source: AERA Online Paper Repository. 2025.
Availability: AERA Online Paper Repository. Available from: American Educational Research Association. 1430 K Street NW Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-238-3200; Fax: 202-238-3250; e-mail: subscriptions@aera.net; Web site: http://www.aera.net
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Preschool Education
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Story Telling, Play, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Self Expression, Skill Development, Learning Processes
Geographic Terms: Massachusetts (Cambridge)
DOI: 10.3102/2184071
Abstract: What does it mean to grow literacies through play? How might we frame writing and reading as essential forms of expression in the lives of young children? This narrative study examines these questions through the storying of one Pre-Kindergarten classroom, and the longitudinal unfolding of stories in their school experiences. We examine an orientation toward and through the children from which reading and writing emerge. We frame children as authors, highlighting intersectional identities, igniting children's need for academic skills, and building communities of story. In a time of increased pressure of skills and standards, this paper orients reading and writing through the vitality of children's play, as essential tools through which they express individual and collective stories to the world.
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Entry Date: 2026
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