Title: Symbolic Play: Development of agent: role-playing

ADULT

CONTEXT

CHILD

 

Adult and child play "school"; child is the teacher

 

 

 

You said, "Who took the baby’s clothes off?" You said, "I did."

He said… he raised your hand, and he said, um, "Helly did."

Who took the baby’s clothes off? You hafta raise… Who?

 

Adult raised hand

 

What am I supposed to say?

 

 

 

 

"Helly did."

Helly did.

 

 

 

 

"Helly took the… Helly took the baby’s clothes off."

Helly took the baby’s clothes off.

 

 

 

 

So we can’t play with this anymore because it doesn’t work anymore.

Uh, oh.

 

 

 

Child shows adult back of doll

Helly pulled the string out of it, so it not … so it can’t talk anymore.

Is she a naughty girl?

 

 

 

 

No, Helly’s boy.

Oh.

 

 

 

Child lays doll on chair

No, Helly did it. He not in…. She’s naughty.