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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813534003321

Autore

Singer Dorothy G

Titolo

The house of make-believe : children's play and the developing imagination / / Dorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1990

ISBN

0-674-04368-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p. ) : 2 line illustrations, 3 tables

Altri autori (Persone)

SingerJerome L

Disciplina

155.4/18

Soggetti

Play - Psychological aspects

Imagination in children

Developmental psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

An attempt to cover all aspects of children's make-believe. The authors examine how imaginative play begins and develops and provide examples and evidence on the young child's invocation of imaginary friends, the adolescent's daring games and the adult's private imagery and inner thought.