Young Children's Creativity and Pretend Play

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-438

  Saracho, Olivia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Pretend play

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549138375     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430214553     Document Type: Article

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