These games were based on Viola Spolin’s improvisational exercises that have come to form the bases of modern improvisation (think Whose Line is it Anyway, for the preschool crowd), but the eight ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...