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Peer reviewedHowes, Carollee; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Studies social play and social and solitary pretend play in well-acquainted toddlers aged 14-38 months in order to describe a sequence of progressively more complex social pretend play forms. Results indicate that social pretend play forms emerge later than comparable solitary pretend and social play forms. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Sectional Studies, Peer Relationship, Pretend Play
Download full textHowes, Carollee; Farver, Joann – 1985
In order to examine the development of social pretend skills in the toddler period, social pretend play was observed in same and mixed age dyads. More complex social pretend play was expected in the mixed age than in the same age condition. A second purpose of the study was to compare 5-year-old children's attempts to communicate pretend meanings…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Imitation, Instruction
Peer reviewedHowes, Carollee – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1988
Sex cleavages in toddler and preschool peer groups were investigated in two studies. In the first study, playmate preferences and initiations and responses to friends were examined during the free play of toddlers in day care centers. In the second study, cross-sex friendships in toddlers and preschool children were examined. (PCB)
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship
Peer reviewedHowes, Carollee – Child Development, 1985
Social play emerged earlier than social pretend play with a similar structure; the incidence of social pretend play increased with age. Four strategies for integrating pretense into social play were isolated; among them, verbal recruitment and "join" were found to be more effective than imitation or nonverbal recruitment. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cooperation, Imitation, Incidence
Peer reviewedHowes, Carollee; Farver, JoAnn – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1987
Examines the role of the partner in the development of social pretend play in two related studies. In both studies, toddler age children played with same-age and five-year-old partners. In both studies, two-year-olds engaged in more social pretend play with older than same-age partners. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedHowes, Carollee; Stewart, Phyllis – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Toddlers' play with care-giving adults, and with toys and peers, was observed and rated in family day care homes. Participants were 55 children, their mothers, and family day care home providers. The quality of the family day care home was assessed. Mothers reported information on family stress, social support, child-rearing attitudes, and…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Caregiver Child Relationship, Family Day Care, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedHowes, Carollee – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1988
Cross-sectional and longitudinal study of one- to six-year-olds in full-time child care assessed sequences and individual differences in development of social competence with peers. Study collects most extensive and varied data to date. Findings concern stability of individual differences, social classifications, influences of variations in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Sectional Studies, Day Care, Developmental Stages
