Second, in addition to testing children’s learning of novel objects’ labels, the current studies also examined learning novel objects’ functions and, furthermore, what inferences children draw about novel objects’ appearances. If children encounter a novel item during pretense (e.g., their play partner pretends to use a ‘‘whisk’’ to stir pancake batter), what will they learn about whisks, a type of object they have never seen before? If function information learned in pretense is quarantined from reality, children should not form any beliefs about whisks in the real world. However, if function information can cross the pretend–real boundary, children might learn that whisks are used when making pancakes.