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Pretend
play helps the child explore and increase his/her imagination and
creativity. Whether she is play-acting familiar family scenes, such as
driving the
car like daddy, or imitating her mother’s actions, the young
child is using her imagination,
actions and language to think things through and to remember what
happened in familiar situations. Because this
activity is fun, she will become so engrossed that she is able to think
and act it through from beginning
to end. She will enjoy pretend play on her own and also participating
in “let’s
pretend” games with other
children, thus developing her social skills.
Pretend play will help her to learn eye-hand coordination, spatial
skills, counting, pre-math and
pre-reading skills, while allowing her to safely express her emotions
and feelings.
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