SUNY SERIES, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION A historical overview of theories of play / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek -- Playing with a theory of mind / Angeline S. Lillard -- The social origins of mind: post-Piagetian perspectives on pretend play / Larry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha -- Seeing through symbols: the development of children's understanding of symbolic relations / David H. Uttal ... [et al.] -- The development of pretense and narrative in early childhood / Robert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel -- Play as an opportunity for literacy / Kathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman -- Play and social competence / Gary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk -- Social and nonsocial play in childhood: an individual differences perspective / Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Caplan -- Play in special populations / Fergus P. Hughes -- The cultural contexts of children's play / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine ... [et al.] -- Play and the assessment of young children / A.D. Pellegrini -- What is stylish about play? / Olivia N. Saracho -- Physical environments and children's play / Jãi L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs -- Real and not real: a vital developmental dichotomy / Brian Vandenberg. Includes bibliographical references and indexes (p. 313-323).