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Play as the Leading Activity of the Preschool Period: Insights from Vygotsky, Leont'ev, and Bakhtin.
Peer reviewedDuncan, Robert M.; Tarulli, Donato – Early Education and Development, 2003
Discusses ideas from Vygotsky, Leont'ev and Bakhtin to show how fantasy play acts as its own zone of proximal development that contributes to the development of symbolic mediation, the appropriation of social roles and symbols, and the preschool child's preparation for elementary school. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Role, Cognitive Development, Educational Theories, Language Acquisition
