The House of Make-Believe : : Children’s Play and the Developing Imagination / / Jerome L. Singer, Dorothy G. Singer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Singer, Dorothy G.,; Singer, Jerome L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 p.)

In the most thorough attempt to cover all aspects of children's make-believe, Dorothy and Jerome Singer examine how imaginative play begins and develops, from the infant's first smiles to the toddler's engagement in social pretend play. They provide intriguing examples and research evidence on the young child's invocation of imaginary friends, the adolescent's daring, rule-governed games, and the adult's private imagery and inner thought. In chapters that will be important to parents and policymakers, the authors discuss television and the imagination, the healing function of play, and the effects of playfulness and creativity throughout the life span.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Memories of Childhood Play -- 2. Imagination: The Realm of the Possible -- 3. The Beginnings of Pretending and Baby Play -- 4. The High Season of Imaginative Play -- 5. Imaginary Playmates and Imaginary Worlds -- 6. Cognitive and Emotional Growth through Play -- 7. Creating an Environment for Imaginative Play -- 8. Television-Viewing and the Imagination -- 9. Play as Healing -- 10. When Imaginative Play Goes Underground: Fantasy in Middle Childhood -- 11. Toward the Creative Adult -- Notes -- Index