Play and its role in the mental developm

Play and its role in the mental development of the child Lev Vygotsky

Play results from unsatisfied desires, “emancipation from situational constraints"

All play is rule-based.

Is play a form of modeling? (Or is modeling a form of play?)

For young children, things are attached already to their actions (Doors are to be opened; bells are to be rung) Piaget suggests moral realism—children interpret moral rules as physical rules (I cannot light matches)

Play is not symbolic.