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FREUD (1908) STATED THAT THE OPPOSITE OF PLAY IS WHAT IS REAL (p. 144). Anna Freud (1965) viewed play as a precursor of daydreams, wherein the wishes which were formerly put into action with the help of objects are reshaped in the form of fantasy activity. She also drew attention to the advances in ego development and drive control which play helps to consolidate and which appear as forerunners of the individual's acquisition of the capacity to work. In this view play and reality are juxtaposed, and play can be seen as crucial for the child's acquisition of the capacity to differentiate "me" and "not-me" experiences, self and object representations, and fantasy and reality.
Play and the early infantile developmental processes which foster it are known to have a number of important psychological