All students can benefit from a deeper understanding of how our language works. Playing With Language shows elementary school educators (K–6) how to think abo

This superb collection of more than 50 word games and activities is designed to help children develop language, reading, spelling, thinking skills, and more. It

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Interest in language play and linguistic creativity has increased in recent years, and the topic has been taken up from a variety of perspectives. In this book,

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