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    "pk": 28338,
    "title": "The Influence of Pretend Play on Children’s and Language and Pre-Literacy Skills",
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    "abstract": "The role of pretend play on children’s cognitive development has garnered interest recently. This study examines theefficacy of a pretend play intervention on the self-regulation and language skills of four- to five-year-olds. Pretend playincludes a pretender projecting a mental representation onto reality. The sample consisted of 60 children who wererandomized into two groups: (a) Pretend play; and (b) Art activities. The intervention included sixteen 30-minute sessionsover 13 weeks, in groups of six children. Each session included: (1) storybook reading; (2) role-playing; and (3) review.During storybook reading explicit phonological awareness and vocabulary instruction were provided for 18 words in eachbook. Role-playing involved giving children props to partake in pretend play. Review consisted of revising the PA andvocabulary of the target words. The improvements that occurred in the children’s self-regulation and language skillscontribute to a better understanding of pretend play in educational settings.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Abstracts-Posters",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Tanya",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Paes",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Cambridge",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Michelle",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Ellefson",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Cambridge",
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        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2018-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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