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Whaley, Kimberlee Kiehl – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1990
Suggests that play begins with infant-adult interaction soon after birth rather than with much later peer interactions. Proposes a developmental sequence of infant play that reverses the sequences of the Howes peer play scale, and cites pertinent literature to support that proposal. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Caregivers, Child Development