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Preschool Children’s Loose Parts Play and the Relationship to Cognitive Development: A Review of the Literature by Cankaya, Ozlem, Rohatyn-Martin, Natalia, Leach, Jamie, Taylor, Keirsten, Bulut, Okan

“…Play is an integrative process, and the skills acquired in it—overcoming impulses, behavior control, exploration and discovery, problem-solving, reasoning,…”
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Less Is More: Executive Function and Symbolic Representation in Preschool Children by Carlson, Stephanie M., Davis, Angela C., Leach, Jamie G.

“…Executive function is recognized as a critical component of children's cognitive and social development. In two studies, a measure of executive function that…”
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Children's Connectedness with Siblings and Friends from Early to Middle Childhood during Play by Leach, Jamie, Howe, Nina, DeHart, Ganie

“…The purpose of the present study was to investigate children's connected communication during play with a sibling and friend from early to middle childhood…”
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Children's connectedness and shared meanings strategies during play with siblings and friends by Leach, Jamie, Howe, Nina, DeHart, Ganie

“…The present longitudinal study investigated children's shared meanings strategies used to initiate, sustain, and end connectedness during play with siblings…”
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“I wish my people can be like the ducks”: Children's references to internal states with siblings and friends from early to middle childhood by Leach, Jamie, Howe, Nina, DeHart, Ganie

“…The present study investigated children's internal state language during play with their sibling and friend across early and middle childhood. Specifically,…”
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A Longitudinal Investigation of Siblings' and Friends' Features of Connectedness and Interaction Quality During Play by Leach, Jamie, Howe, Nina, DeHart, Ganie

“…The present study examined features of sibling and friend dyads' connectedness (e.g., length and emotional tone of connected sequences) and the quality of the…”
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“This is a mailbox, right?”: Associations of play materials with siblings’ and friends’ shared meanings during pretend play by Howe, Nina, Leach, Jamie, DeHart, Ganie

“…Play materials designed to enhance children’s pretense were investigated; namely, how the specific characteristics of the play sets (thematically open-ended…”
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“Let's make a place where giants live!”: Children's communication during play with siblings and friends from early to middle childhood by Leach, Jamie, Howe, Nina, DeHart, Ganie

“…The present study examined children's co‐construction of shared meanings and internal state language during play with their sibling and friend from early to…”
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“The chug is coming through!” “There's two chuggas!”: A longitudinal study of the social function of imitation in children's play with siblings and friends by Howe, Nina, Paine, Amy L., Leach, Jamie, Magazin, Elena, Gilmore, Victoria, DeHart, Ganie

“…Imitation is argued to have an important affiliative function in social relationships. However, children's tendency to imitate different play partners during…”
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'An Earthquake Shocked Up the Land!' Children's Communication During Play With Siblings and Friends by Leach, Jamie, Howe, Nina, Dehart, Ganie

“…The construction of shared meanings strategies (e.g., introductions, extensions) and use of internal state language (e.g., references to mental states) during…”
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"This Is a Pit of Fire": Associations of Play Materials With Children's Creativity During Play and Internal State Language by Howe, Nina, Tavassoli, Nasim, Leach, Jamie, Farhat, Fadwa, Dehart, Ganie

“…This study investigated how specific characteristics of multipiece, miniature, realistic play props (thematically open-ended village set versus thematically…”
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Family members' strategies as allies during naturalistic polyadic family conflicts by Persram, Ryan J., Howe, Nina, Leach, Jamie

“…This study investigated the strategies used by family members as allies during naturalistic polyadic family conflicts (i.e., involving at least three family…”
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Less Is More by Stephanie M.Carlson, Angela C.Davis, Jamie G.Leach

“…Executive function is recognized as a critical component of children's cognitive and social development. In two studies, a measure of executive function that…”
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