Sequential transition of patterns of preschoolers' social interaction during child-initiated play: Is parallel-aware play a bidirectional bridge to other play states?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Robinson, Clyde C ^a   Anderson, Genan T ^b   Porter, Christin L ^a   Hart, Craig H ^a   Wouden Miller, Melissa ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child initiated play; Parallel aware play; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344519667     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(03)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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