Children's social play sequence: Parten's classic theory revisited

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-498

  Xu, Yaoying ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Developmental appropriateness; Social play sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951660096     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430802090430     Document Type: Article

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