Olivia N. Saracho is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland. Bernard Spodek is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois. Saracho and Spodek have written several books together, including Right From the Start: Teaching Children Ages Three to Eight and Dealing with Individual Differences in the Early Childhood Classroom.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Play in Early Childhood EducationOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek1. A Historical Overview of Theories of PlayOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek2. Playing with a Theory of MindAngeline S. Lillard3. The Social Origins of Mind: Post-Piagetian Perspectives on Pretend PlayLarry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha4. Seeing through Symbols: The Development of Children's Understanding of Symbolic RelationsDavid H. Uttal, Donald P. Marzolf, Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, Catherine M. Smith, Georgene L. Troseth, Kathryn V. Scudder, and Judy S. DeLoache5. The Development of Pretense and Narrative in Early ChildhoodRobert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel6. Play as an Opportunity for LiteracyKathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman7. Play and Social CompetenceGary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk8. Social and Nonsocial Play in Childhood: An Individual Differences PerspectiveKenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan9. Play in Special PopulationsFergus P. Hughes10. The Cultural Contexts of Children's PlayJaipaul L. Roopnarine, Jennifer Lasker, Megan Sacks, and Marshall Stores11. Play and the Assessment of Young ChildrenA. D. Pellegrini12. What Is Stylish about Play?Olivia N. Saracho13. Physical Environments and Children's PlayJoe L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs14. Real and Not Real: A Vital Developmental DichotomyBrian VandenbergContributorsSubject IndexAuthor Index

"While reading, I folded the corners of pages I wanted to reread. I found I have many pages with turned corners! The inclusion of the many different perspectives on play (social, literacy, environment, cultural, cognitive) in a single edited volume is helpful." — Carol Vukelich, University of Delaware

Olivia N. Saracho is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland. Bernard Spodek is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois. Saracho and Spodek have written several books together, including Right From the Start: Teaching Children Ages Three to Eight and Dealing with Individual Differences in the Early Childhood Classroom.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Play in Early Childhood EducationOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek1. A Historical Overview of Theories of PlayOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek2. Playing with a Theory of MindAngeline S. Lillard3. The Social Origins of Mind: Post-Piagetian Perspectives on Pretend PlayLarry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha4. Seeing through Symbols: The Development of Children's Understanding of Symbolic RelationsDavid H. Uttal, Donald P. Marzolf, Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, Catherine M. Smith, Georgene L. Troseth, Kathryn V. Scudder, and Judy S. DeLoache5. The Development of Pretense and Narrative in Early ChildhoodRobert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel6. Play as an Opportunity for LiteracyKathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman7. Play and Social CompetenceGary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk8. Social and Nonsocial Play in Childhood: An Individual Differences PerspectiveKenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan9. Play in Special PopulationsFergus P. Hughes10. The Cultural Contexts of Children's PlayJaipaul L. Roopnarine, Jennifer Lasker, Megan Sacks, and Marshall Stores11. Play and the Assessment of Young ChildrenA. D. Pellegrini12. What Is Stylish about Play?Olivia N. Saracho13. Physical Environments and Children's PlayJoe L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs14. Real and Not Real: A Vital Developmental DichotomyBrian VandenbergContributorsSubject IndexAuthor Index

"While reading, I folded the corners of pages I wanted to reread. I found I have many pages with turned corners! The inclusion of the many different perspectives on play (social, literacy, environment, cultural, cognitive) in a single edited volume is helpful." — Carol Vukelich, University of Delaware

Olivia N. Saracho is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland. Bernard Spodek is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois. Saracho and Spodek have written several books together, including Right From the Start: Teaching Children Ages Three to Eight and Dealing with Individual Differences in the Early Childhood Classroom.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Play in Early Childhood EducationOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek1. A Historical Overview of Theories of PlayOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek2. Playing with a Theory of MindAngeline S. Lillard3. The Social Origins of Mind: Post-Piagetian Perspectives on Pretend PlayLarry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha4. Seeing through Symbols: The Development of Children's Understanding of Symbolic RelationsDavid H. Uttal, Donald P. Marzolf, Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, Catherine M. Smith, Georgene L. Troseth, Kathryn V. Scudder, and Judy S. DeLoache5. The Development of Pretense and Narrative in Early ChildhoodRobert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel6. Play as an Opportunity for LiteracyKathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman7. Play and Social CompetenceGary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk8. Social and Nonsocial Play in Childhood: An Individual Differences PerspectiveKenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan9. Play in Special PopulationsFergus P. Hughes10. The Cultural Contexts of Children's PlayJaipaul L. Roopnarine, Jennifer Lasker, Megan Sacks, and Marshall Stores11. Play and the Assessment of Young ChildrenA. D. Pellegrini12. What Is Stylish about Play?Olivia N. Saracho13. Physical Environments and Children's PlayJoe L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs14. Real and Not Real: A Vital Developmental DichotomyBrian VandenbergContributorsSubject IndexAuthor Index

"While reading, I folded the corners of pages I wanted to reread. I found I have many pages with turned corners! The inclusion of the many different perspectives on play (social, literacy, environment, cultural, cognitive) in a single edited volume is helpful." — Carol Vukelich, University of Delaware