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Gowen, Jean W. – 1978
The structural elements of the spontaneous symbolic play of 2- and 3-year-olds were compared with those of 4- and 5-year-olds. All 32 children studied were enrolled in a private day care center. Each child was observed during free play in the center for 15 minutes. Three categories of signifiers (animate, inanimate and imaginary) and five modes of…
Descriptors: Imagination, Infants, Play, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedCook, Deirdre M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Explores young children's mark-making in a domestic play setting. Suggests mark-making indicates aspects of the relationship between semiotic and conceptual development. Focuses on contexts in which mark-making occurs and on the authenticity of the learning events in which children participate. (DLH)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures
