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Make Believe or Pretend Play |
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by ellamia  (October 2007) (rank 56th) |
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Most children would pretend or make believe in all different kinds of ways such as dressing up, making a cubby from a box or sheets, role playing and even having a little tea party with make believe friends. This is normal for a child to do this and they enjoy
it. When a child role plays it helps them learn about social roles and other peoples roles and how things are acted out. This encourages and develops language skills that can help as they grow older and also solve and think creatively. This is a guide line what our children will do.
Babies
Babies at this age cant play in this sort of game. They will need to spend time exploring things like objects by banging, shaking and putting things in their mouths. By around the age of 12 months or more they begin to copy or imitate things you do and this is just the beginning of role playing and pretend play.
Toddlers
Toddlers begin to copy what you do and enjoy doing this. They will pretend to talk on a telephone when no one is there or maybe even drink from a drink cup when it is empty. They also may talk to teddy and feed it or even give it a drink. Give them little tasks in your daily routine so they can help and be just like mum and dad, like taking washing out the washing machine or vacuuming. They may make noises of different animals or objects like moo moo for a cow, woof woof for a dog, or brum brum for a car etc.
Children
Children become more involved in role playing around the age 3 or 4 years. They like to help set the table or help cook dinner and washing up the dishes with you. They may ask a teddy or a doll if they are hungry and want some more dinner. They can make objects be other things like a box as a boat or a car. At this age and a little older such as preschool kids they get a lot more involved in role playing and pretend play.
