The Benefits of Imaginative Play

Overview

Learn what imaginative play is and how it helps children develop physically, academcally, emotionally, socially and cognitively.

Introduction

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.
Creative thinking and imaginative play are linked to the way young children,Imaginative play is when children are role playing situations that they find interesting.
The most important benefit of imaginative play is that it prepares children for situations that they will have to face when they get older. It is the safest way for children to practice growing up as they just pretend.

Imaginative play gives the opportunity to children to travel with their imagination from the real to a pretend world.
Creating a pretend world does not require anything apart from creativity, imagination and everyday objects that can be found in their environment.
Children also enjoy imaginative play outdoors. Playing outside can give more opportunities for them to discover and use their senses. For example, they can use their surroundings to pretend they are explorers in the jungle.

You will learn

Understand what imaginative play is
List how imaginative play helps children learn and develop physically, academically, emotionally, socially and cognitively

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