ABSTRACT
If twenty years ago anyone had carried out a thorough database search looking for articles about the topic of play and writing, the searcher may well have found almost nothing. They could have found many thousands of articles about play and almost as many about writing but, as the saying goes, 'ne'er the twain shall meet'. Play was play and writing was writing and the two did not disturb each other. Equally, if one went into a range of early years classrooms there would be play areas and there would be reading and writing activities, but they were quite distinct and separate activities. Play was only play whereas reading and writing were work.
