Children`s Theory of Mind in Pretend Play and Story-Making
Young Joo Song
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate children`s theory of mind in pretend play and story-making, from a qualitative perspective. Three-to-five year old children participated in group play and individual story-making activities. Children`s narratives undertaken in two tasks were video-taped, transcribed, analyzed and reorganized into three key propositions, in consideration of the field notes that the researcher had taken. The children started their pretend play and story-making activities by ``forming connections among minds`` of participants or story components. They continued to engage in pretend play and story making by ``dealing minds constructively and consistently`` to keep their themes. Finally they resolved discordances in play and story-making by ``settings different mind windows and moving among them flexibly``.
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