Multiple perspectives on play in early childhood education

A historical overview of theories of play / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek

Playing with a theory of mind / Angeline S. Lillard

The social origins of mind: post-Piagetian perspectives on pretend play / Larry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha

Seeing through symbols: the development of children's understanding of symbolic relations / David H. Uttal ... [et al.]

The development of pretense and narrative in early childhood / Robert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel

Play as an opportunity for literacy / Kathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman

Play and social competence / Gary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk

Social and nonsocial play in childhood: an individual differences perspective / Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Caplan

Play in special populations / Fergus P. Hughes

The cultural contexts of children's play / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine ... [et al.]

Play and the assessment of young children / A.D. Pellegrini

What is stylish about play? / Olivia N. Saracho

Physical environments and children's play / Joe L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs

Real and not real: a vital developmental dichotomy / Brian Vandenberg.