Constraints of pretend play: Explicit and implicit rules

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Curran, Joanne M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 85008827356     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568549909594751     Document Type: Article

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