Pretending at Home: Early Development in a Sociocultural Context (Suny Series, Children's Play in Society)

1. Introduction 2. Studying Everyday Pretending 3. How Much Do Children Pretend? 4. The Interpersonal Context of Everyday Pretending 5. The Social Conduct of Everyday Pretending 6. Immediate Outcomes of Mothers' Participation in Pretend Play 7. The Social Functions of Everyday Pretending 8. The Physical Ecology of Everyday Pretending 9. A Summary of Major Findings: Portraits of Kathy and Charlie 10. Conclusions Appendix A. Subcategories of Pretending Appendix B. Ambiguous Actions Excluded from Analyses of Pretending References Author Index Subject Index