ABSTRACT
A careful observer and listener can find young children exploring peer relations in all sorts of public spaces from playgrounds to grocery stores. Children barely able to toddle play peek-a-boo, run-andchase, or simple pretend games like “I am pulling you in my wagon. We are going to the store.” By 3 or 4 years of age, play becomes sophisticated with elaborate scripts and costumes. Children can say and act out. “We are going camping, and pretend that there is a bear, and you are the baby in your pajamas.” “And I climb out of the tent and try to give the bear a cookie.”
