The House of Make-Believe

Singer, Dorothy G.; Singer, Jerome L.

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“…The common characteristics in both types are that ICs are named and converse and interact with a child for several months. The prevalence of ICs varies across studies, depending on the definition of IC, children's age and country, but research suggests that nearly half of all children have the experience of engaging with an IC (Gleason, 2004;Singer & Singer, 1990;Taylor, 1999). An important research question is how children create an IC.…”

Section: Parental Behaviour and Children's Creation Of Imaginary Compmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Sensitivity refers to the tendency to read the child's needs and respond sensitively and appropriately (Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, 1978;De Wolff & van Ijzendoorn, 1997). Singer and Singer (1990) suggested that a 718 MOTOSHIMA ET AL. caregiver who is sensitive to a child's needs may facilitate children's symbolic play.…”

Section: Parental Behaviour and Children's Creation Of Imaginary Compmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Therefore, we also examined the effect of daily parenting quality on the incidence of ICs. It has been proposed that parenting quality may play an important role in children's development of imaginative play (Singer & Singer, 1990). According to a classic theory by Rogers (1954), constructive creativity is partly provided by granting the child permission to engage in symbolic expression with few constraints.…”

Section: Parental Behaviour and Children's Creation Of Imaginary Compmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Parental behaviour and children's creation of imaginary companions: A longitudinal study

Motoshima

Shinohara

Todo

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European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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confidence: 97%

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confidence: 98%

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Parental behaviour and children's creation of imaginary companions: A longitudinal study

Motoshima

Shinohara

Todo

et al. 2014

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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“…Age effect Pretend play has been observed in children as young as 18 months (Bosco, Friedman, & Leslie, 2006;Harris, 2000;Howes & Matheson, 1992;Lillard & Witherington, 2004), and reaches its 'high season' between the ages of three and five (Singer, 1992). It then gradually wanes, but continues into middle childhood and beyond (Smith & Lillard, 2012).…”

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Effect of partner's gender on early pretend play: a preliminary study of Singapore Chinese preschoolers

Jing

2014

Early Child Development and Care

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This study examined the developmental trend of pretend play behaviour and the effect of partner's gender in Singaporean preschoolers. Peer dyadic play among 70 children, ranging in age from three to five years, was observed in a standardised toy play context. Videotaped recordings of the play were analysed using two scales -the Smilansky Scale for Evaluation of Dramatic and Sociodramatic Play and the Symbolic Play Scale. The results indicated an age-related developmental trend for pretend play in general; no main effect for gender and gender composition of dyads was found. However, remarkably significant gender composition effects were identified in certain age groups, with children from same-gender dyads outperforming those from mixed-gender dyads. The period between ages three and four was identified as critical for pretend play development, and the fifth year of life was identified as critical for the development of gender segregation in play behaviours.

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“…Vygotsky in the 1970s with his sociocultural theory of development viewed play as essential to both the cognitive and social development of children as with it, they can extend their zone of proximal development (Singer and Singer 1990;Doliopoulou 2001). In the 1980s the same notion that both the cognitive and social context must be taken into consideration in the exploration of the meaning and implications of children's play was shared by researchers such as Rubin (1980), Rubin, Fein, and Vandenberg (1983) and Rubin and Coplan (1994).…”

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Greek kindergarten teachers' and parents' views about changes in play since their own childhood

Doliopoulou

Rizou

2012

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

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Play is both a right of children and a learning method for preschoolers and school aged children. It is influenced by all forms of social change on a local and global level. The rapid pace of life and the competitive modern lifestyle, particularly in western societies, are leading to a decrease in spontaneous play and to its replacement by more structured activities at home and in school. Furthermore, apart from the lack of leisure, there is also a lack of space where children can play, especially in big cities. Children's and parents' free time has been reduced to a minimum by multiple everyday tasks. Also, the major influence exerted by the media over the last decade has affected and reduced children's free play. In order to find out whether those changes in children's play have also occurred in Greece, we have conducted similar research; we examined kindergarten teachers' and parents' views on how play has changed since their own childhood. The results of this study are presented in this paper.ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Spiel ist zweierleiein Kinderrecht und eine Lernmethode für Kinder im Vorschul-oder Schulalter. Es unterliegt allen Arten sozialer Veränderung auf lokaler und globaler Ebene. Das rasante Tempo des Lebens und der Konkurrenzdruck des modernen Lifestyles, besonders in den westlichen Gesellschaften, führen zu einer Abnahme von spontanem Spiel und zu dessen Ersatz durch stärker strukturierte Aktivitäten zu Hause und in der Schule. Darüber hinaus ist neben der fehlenden Freizeit vor allem in großen Städten auch ein Mangel an Spielfläche für Kinder zu konstatieren. Die freie Zeit von Kindern und Eltern ist durch zahlreiche Alltagsaufgaben auf ein Minimum reduziert. Außerdem haben die immensen Auswirkungen der Medien während puntos de vista de los padres sobre cómo el juego ha cambiado desde su propia infancia. Los resultados de este estudio se presentan en este documento.

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The House of Make-Believe

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Parental behaviour and children's creation of imaginary companions: A longitudinal study

Parental behaviour and children's creation of imaginary companions: A longitudinal study

Effect of partner's gender on early pretend play: a preliminary study of Singapore Chinese preschoolers

Greek kindergarten teachers' and parents' views about changes in play since their own childhood

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