Children’s socio-dramatic play typologies and teacher play involvement within the breadth of the zone of proximal development

The goal of this chapter is to focus on socio-dramatic play and unfold the state of children’s scenario and role enactment along with the corresponding teacher’s involvement to facilitate mature forms of play. With the use of an in-service teacher case study and the in-depth analysis of her play practices and reflection, I will highlight children’s level of scenario and role enactment, and show different breadths of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) along with the corresponding teacher interventions to facilitate mature forms of play.