Dress Up Days and Costume Nights.

Zingher, Gary

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ERIC Number: EJ501805

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Publication Date: 1995

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Dress Up Days and Costume Nights.

Zingher, Gary

School Library Media Activities Monthly, v11 n9 p40-42 May 1995

Discusses costume play as a means for children to safely become other beings, cultivate their own style, experience culture, experiment with new materials, and escape their anxieties. Notes characters from children's literature who used or wanted costumes, and provides a creative activities sampler. (AEF)

Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Childrens Games, Childrens Literature, Creative Activities, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicrafts, Play, Resource Materials

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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