ABSTRACT
Games with rules are a form of play involving competitive interindividual relationships in the context of regulations as to possibilities and prohibitions, with sanctions for violations. While various writers (Baldwin, 1897/1973; Mead, 1934/1962) have considered the role of games with rules in psychological development, it is to Piaget that we owe the greatest debt for elaborating their psychological significance in the child’s development. In his book Play, Dreams, and Imitation in Childhood (1945/1963), Piaget discussed games with rules as the third in a succession of types of structure in children’s activities. Let us consider the developmental context of group games according to Piaget.
