The House of Make-Believe : : Children’s Play and the Developing Imagination /

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

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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 ev...

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

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