Nurture and encourage young writers in the most natural, developmentally appropriate way through play! From the first marks of the youngest writers to ready writers who use their expanding vocabularies to express increasingly complex ideas, Playful Writing offers teachers, caregivers, and parents of children ages three to eight ideas for inspiring and scaffolding children's writing experiences. The 150 writing explorations are tied to the Common Core State Standards. A handy chart makes it easy to adapt each exploration to our curriculum and to the specific needs of students. Paperback.