Nine-month-old Censari is "playing with" her 10-month-old friend Ellie. Each of the girls is playing with brightly colored blocks in the same room but don't even notice what the other is doing. These two girls are displaying

a. cooperative play.
b. parallel play.
c. complementary play.
d. simple pretend play.


B

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