Which scenario shows sustained pretend play for up to 10 minutes with two or more children, assigning roles and discussing actions?

• A. Draws a house.
• B. Pretends to be the bus driver, and tells the other children 'You can be the passengers. Give me your tickets, and I will give you change.'
• C. Puts beads in a muffin tin.
• D. Matches rhyming picture cards.

Answer: (B)

Sustained social pretend play involves children taking on imagined roles, negotiating what happens, and discussing actions with each other over an extended period. The bus driver scenario best shows this because one child assumes the bus driver role and explicitly assigns roles to the others, inviting them to be passengers and talking through the interactions—asking for tickets and offering change. This demonstrates a shared storyline, verbal collaboration, and coordinated actions that can keep going for several minutes with multiple participants. The other activities are less about social role-play: drawing a house is typically solitary or parallel creative activity, placing beads in a muffin tin is functional or sorting play, and matching rhyming cards is a cognitive or language task rather than sustained pretend collaboration.