An exploratory case study of young children's interactive play behaviours with a non‐English speaking child

Abstract

This study is an examination of preschool‐age English speaking children's interactive play behaviours with a non‐English speaking child (NEC). The play types of a NEC were reported using the Parten's categories of solitary, parallel and interactive play. In addition, English‐speaking children's interactive play with a NEC were reported in this study using categories of affiliative, possession‐related, prosocial and aggressive behaviour from Ramsey's 1987 study.

Keywords:

• children's interactions
• interactive play
• non‐English speaking child's play
• play behaviours
• play types

Notes

1. In this episode, both possession‐related behaviour and aggressive behaviour were observed.