Veraksa A.N. Imagination of a preschooler

Veraksa A.N. Imagination of a preschooler // Preschool Education Today. 2009, Issue 2 - p. 58-63.

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2009, 2

Aleksander N. Veraksa
Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Professor, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Head of the Laboratory of Child Psychology and Digital Socialization; Deputy Director of the Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article views major ways of a preschooler imagination’s development, describes functions of imagination and its role in preschool age. Particular attention was drawn to a child play in its connection with development of imagination. The author also explains “imaginary friends” phenomenon within a context of play activities.