Citation

Whaley KK. Early Child Res. Q. 1990; 5(3): 347-358.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0885-2006(90)90026-W

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Adults engage in social interactions with infants from the moment of birth. Many of these interactions take the form of early social play, often thought to begin when peer interaction begins. This article proposes a developmental sequence of adult-infant social play. The proposed sequence is based on, and approximately reverses, the Howes (1980) peer play scale. Support for the developmental sequence is culled from pertinent literature. The sequence is proposed as a starting point for further discussion and research.