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Peer reviewedNamy, Laura L.; Waxman, Sandra R. – Child Development, 1998
Three experiments examined the relation between language acquisition and other symbolic abilities in 18- and 26-month-olds. Found that 18-month-olds spontaneously interpreted gestures, like words, as names for object categories. At 26 months, they spontaneously interpreted words as names and novel gestures as names only when given additional…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedMcMullen, Mary Benson – Young Children, 1998
Discusses development of symbolic thinking in toddlers as a step in language acquisition and skill development. Examines means of encouraging this symbolic problem solving, such as setting the stage for problems, helping children plan problem-solving strategies, and encouraging children in self-evaluating their skills. Examines development of…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedShore, Cecilia – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Explores the relations among combinatorial capacities in language, symbolic play, blockbuilding, and nonsemantic action sequences within a sample of 18- to 24-month-old children, as well as assessing the developmental level of a selected subset of concepts. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Download full textLyytinen, Paula – 1983
The relationship between symbolic play and early language was studied in 40 girls and 39 boys between 12 and 24 months of age. Subjects were individually tested during two or three sessions by a female experimenter in a day care center in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Children's symbolic play level was assessed according to a developmental structure of five…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Day Care Centers, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
PDF pending restorationNicolich, Lorraine McCune; And Others – 1979
This collection of conference abstracts focuses on new directions for research on mental representation and early language development. One page summaries are provided on the following topics: Mental Representation and Initial Language Learning, by Lorraine M. Nicolich; Critical Issues in Language and Cognitive Development, by Roberta Corrigan;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedNourot, Patricia Moninghan; Van Hoorn, Judith L. – Young Children, 1991
A review of research on children's symbolic play discusses ways for teachers to (1) defend the inclusion of play in the curriculum; (2) understand and respect differences in the ways children play; and (3) facilitate play in the classroom. Discusses the complexity of play and the controversy about play as part of the curriculum. (GLR)
Descriptors: Creativity, Cultural Differences, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth; And Others – 1993
Play behaviors of infants who had normal hearing or were deaf were observed during free play with their mothers, at ages 9, 12, and 18 months. Participants included 15 dyads of children who were deaf and mothers who were not, 15 dyads of children and mothers who were both deaf, and 15 dyads of children and mothers who both had normal hearing.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deafness, Developmental Stages, Expressive Language
