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Adult’s Role in Imaginative Play and Learning

Adult’s Role in Imaginative Play and Learning

Course modified date: 24 Jun 2022

Understand imaginative play, the different types, the benefits to children and the adult's role in imaginative play.

Introduction 

Creative thinking and imaginative play are linked to the way young children, from birth to 5 years of age, learn.
Children learn from the world around them. They learn from using their senses (sight, sound, taste, touch and smell), while playing. Imaginary play helps children understand and use all the information they get through their senses.

Imaginative play is when children are role playing situations that they find interesting. These can be based on their own experiences or on things they have seen or heard. Imaginative play has no limits; the imagination gives endless opportunities for play, experimentation (trying out new things) and fun.

You will learn 

  1. Understand what imaginative play is
  2. List the different types of imaginative play
  3. List the different ways in which children can benefit from imaginative play
  4. Understand the adult's role in imaginative play

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