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Direct linkTaggart, Jessica; Heise, Megan J.; Lillard, Angeline S. – Developmental Science, 2018
Pretend play is a quintessential activity of early childhood, and adults supply children with many toys to encourage it. Do young children actually prefer to pretend, or do they do it because they are unable to engage in some activities for real? Here we examined, for nine different activities, American middle-class preschoolers' preferences for…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preferences, Physical Activities, Learning Activities
