Literacy Play Over 300 Dramatic Play Activities That Teach Pre-Reading Skills. Children love to pretend and dramatic play is the perfect environment for practicing and applying literacy concepts. Whether they decide to be fire-fighters, to open a pet store, or to have a tea party, children will increase their vocabulary, communicate with their friends, and learn to recognize environmental print-all important skills for pre-readers. Literacy Play is chock-full of creative dramatic play activities that teach important pre-reading skills while bringing children's imaginations to life! 256 pgs. Grade: All