Dramatic Play
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Dramatic Play
Using their imaginations to pretend to be other people in other places is important because it helps kids grow skills socially, physically, mentally and linguistically. Here are some of the skill sets that get developed as kids pretend:
Role-playing skills: In order to take on a role, a child must have some understanding of that role. By pretending to be someone or something, a child has to imitate actions and mimic behaviors that he or she has seen occur. Role-playing helps the child expand understanding of how the world works.
Longer attention spans: Practice in dramatic play helps lengthen attention spans and improve a child’s ability to engage.
Improved social skills: Because so much dramatic play happens in community with other children, it helps kids develop social skills of knowing how to interact with peers and adults.
Better communication: Dramatic play also encourages speaking, listening and interacting. That’s because, in order to take on certain roles, kids have to hear what other kids are saying and know how to respond.
Whether it’s learning how to cooperate with other kids or growing vocabularies through conversation, kids develop and grow when they’re playing dramatically.
Role-playing skills: In order to take on a role, a child must have some understanding of that role. By pretending to be someone or something, a child has to imitate actions and mimic behaviors that he or she has seen occur. Role-playing helps the child expand understanding of how the world works.
Longer attention spans: Practice in dramatic play helps lengthen attention spans and improve a child’s ability to engage.
Improved social skills: Because so much dramatic play happens in community with other children, it helps kids develop social skills of knowing how to interact with peers and adults.
Better communication: Dramatic play also encourages speaking, listening and interacting. That’s because, in order to take on certain roles, kids have to hear what other kids are saying and know how to respond.
Whether it’s learning how to cooperate with other kids or growing vocabularies through conversation, kids develop and grow when they’re playing dramatically.
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