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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Perspectives on Play Development | |
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Play Development from Birth to Age Four | |
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Play Development from Ages Four to Eight | |
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Play Development from Ages Eight to Twelve | |
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Language and Play: Natural Partners | |
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Gender Identity and Play | |
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Play as the Language of Children's Feelings | |
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Play in the Context of Life-Span Human Development | |
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Meanings of Play | |
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The Meanings in Play with Objects | |
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Social and Nonsocial Play | |
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Sociodramatic Play Pretending Together | |
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Constructive Play | |
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Rough-and-Tumble Play from Childhood through Adolescence: Differing Perspectives | |
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Games with Rules | |
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Play as Children See It | |
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Play as a Context for Humor Development | |
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Educational Contexts for Play | |
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Play's Pathways to Meaning: A Dynamic Theory of Play | |
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Adult Influences on Play: The Vygotskian Approach | |
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Social Play in School | |
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Play as a Medium for Literacy Development | |
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Play and Mathematics at Ages One to Ten | |
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Scientific Inquiry and Exploratory Representational Play | |
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Play and Technology: Revised Realities and Potential Perspectives | |
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Educational Implications of Play with Computers | |
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The Role of Play in Assessment | |
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Reconciling Play and Assessment Standards: How To Leave No Child Behind | |
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Social and Physical Contexts for Play | |
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Play in Historical and Cross-Cultural Contexts | |
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Influences of Race, Culture, Social Class, and Gender: Diversity and Play | |
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Parent-Child and Child-Child Play in Diverse Cultural Contexts | |
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Can I Play Too? Reflections on the Issues for Children with Disabilities | |
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Sibling and Peer Influences on Play | |
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A Sociocultural Perspective of Parent-Child Play | |
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City Play | |
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Children's Outdoor Play: An Endangered Activity | |
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Perspectives on Play and Playgrounds | |
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Play as Ritual in Health Care Settings | |
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Clinical Perspectives on Play | |
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Particular Meanings Embedded in Play | |
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Fantasy and Imagination | |
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Sociocultural Influences on Gender-Role Behaviors in Children's Play | |
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Play and Violence: Understanding and Responding Effectively | |
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Attaining the Protean Self in a Rapidly Changing World: Understanding Chaos through Play | |
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Epilogue: Emerging and Future Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings for Play | |
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Contributors | |
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Index | |