Play, dreams, and imitation in childhood
By: by Jean Piaget ; translated by C. Gattegno and F. M. Hodgson
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1951
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Child development; Imitation; Play; Symbolism; Child psychology; Child Development; Cognition; Child; Dreams; Imitative Behavior; Play and Playthings
Work titles: Formation du symbole chez l'enfant
Notes: Translation of: La formation du symbole chez l'enfant.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first three stages: absence of imitation, sporadic imitation and beginnings of systematic imitation; title: Stages IV and V: imitation of movements not visible on the body of the subject, and imitation of new models; title: Stage VI: beginnings of representative imitation and further development of imitation; title: The beginnings of play; title: Classification of games and their evolution after the beginnings of language; title: Explanation of play; title: Secondary symbolism in play, dreams and "unconscious" symbolism; title: Transition from sensory-motor schemas to conceptual schemas; title: From practical to representative categories; title: Conclusions: general trends of representative activity