3V1102.01 Playing with toys: using animals as manipulatable actors (1/28(81)
Recently Peggy has frequently climbed on my lap after dinner, bringing a small collection
of animal toys with her. Frequently the horses (Calico and Blue Mane) and Gretchen’s old rabbit
and mouse are the main actors.
Peggy takes one animal and gives me another, e.g., ‘Will you be Scurry-baby ?’
When we agreed, the next question from her actor ‘What shall we do now, Scurry Baby ?’
Our actors discuss that, then play hide and seek, or chase, or eat-ice-cream. This particular sort of
relation appears important to Peggy as witnessed by her preference regularly, for playing this game.
Videotape P158 begins with such a game.