Pretend Play As Improvisation: Conversation in the Preschool Classroom

by Robert Keith Sawyer and R. Keith Sawyer

Book Overview

Everyday conversations including gossip, boasting, flirting, teasing, and informative discussions are highly creative, improvised interactions. Children's play is also an important, often improvisational activity. One of the most improvisational games among 3- to 5-year-old children is social pretend play--also called fantasy play, sociodramatic play, or role play. Children's imaginations have free reign during pretend play. Conversations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138995266
• ISBN13: 9781138995260
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"