Children of all ages love to pretend as toddlers. They
first enter the world of make-believe by engaging in activities they see around
them and by putting themselves in the place of others. This activity involves
mind-body and imagination. It is a child’s rehearsal for life and is essential
to a child’s full development.
As children grow older their play develop mere structure. They
act out favourite stories, create original situations from life and imagine
themselves in fantasy experiences world where anything is possible. If they are
encouraged in this kind of play at home, they become ready for creative drama
by the time they enter school.
Research indicated that the foundation for all literacy
development is an oral language both receptive, the language children receive, and
expressive, the language children use in everyday interactions. Experiences
that develop creative thinking, problem-solving skills and enhance language
development, contribute to children's cognitive development. Part of that
development occurs as children create roles and scenarios during their play. As
they act out their scrivener, they are building skills needed to follow plots
in books that are read to them and in books they will later read themselves.
The housekeeping dramatic play and puppet centre areas provide early childhood
children with many opportunities to play creatively, to interact with others
and to explore language as they act out roles both familiar and novel.
Sharmila Vijayvargi
svi4fab@gmail.com
The Fabindia School, Bali
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