Sadržaj:
  • Play under siege : a historical overview / Edward F. Zigler and Sandra J. Bishop-Josef
  • Development in the first years of life / Ross A. Thompson
  • The roots and fruits of pretending / Marilyn Segal
  • Real and not real : a vital developmental dichotomy / Brian Vandenberg
  • School readiness and children's play : contemporary oxymoron or compatible option? / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Amy E. Lowenstein
  • Fostering school achievement and creativity through sociodramatic play in the classroom / Jerome L. Singer and Mawiyah A. Lythcott
  • Examining the play-literacy interface : a critical review and future directions / Kathleen Roskos and James Christie
  • Play in the multicultural world of children : implications for adults / Barbara Bowman
  • Revisiting shared meaning : looking through the lens of culture and linking shared pretend play through proto-narrative development to emergent literacy / Carollee Howes and Alison Gallwey Wishard
  • Play and school readiness / Sue Bredekamp
  • Encouraging school readiness through guided pretend games / Dorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer.