Book of Donmon Teith

At the heart of this volume is the recognition that children’s engagement with play and story are intrinsically and intricately linked. The contributing autho

Symbolic Play: The Development of Social Understanding describes the development of symbolic play from infancy through the preschool years. This text is divided

Play takes up much of the time budget of young children, and many animals, but its importance in development remains contested. This comprehensive collection br

Children are widely celebrated for their imaginations, but developmental research on this topic has often been fragmented or narrowly focused on fantasy. Howeve

The role of play in human development has long been the subject of controversy. Despite being championed by many of the foremost scholars of the twentieth centu