They’re also learning to think abstractly, practicing problem-solving skills, and developing their abilities to empathize and work cooperatively with others. When they’re acting out these scenarios, they’re expanding their vocabularies and developing important oral language skills. It’s no secret that young children are extremely observant, they like to act out the social scenarios they observe in everyday life in the pretend play area.
If you’re intentional about planning rich and meaningful play experiences for your little learners, they’ll be having fun while learning through play! Your pretend center can be filled with many opportunities for both learning and fun. To the untrained eye it may seem like kids are just playing when they’re in the dramatic play area, but early childhood professionals know differently! The opportunities for developing creativity, imagination, and oral language skills in the play center are endless!
Young children thrive on pretend play, they love to dress up and role play real life situations in this center. Every year it’s a tie between which center is the most popular in my classroom, the dramatic play center or the blocks center. The dramatic play center is always a huge hit with young children.
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