The Importance of Imaginative Play and How to Encourage your Child

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The Importance of Imaginative Play and How to
Encourage Your Child
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The world of imagination is often difficult for
parents to understand and appreciate. But these
things are very important for the development of
the child.
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The gift of imagination allows the kids to play
out of the socialization scenarios,
problem-solving and explore their senses.
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The imaginative play actually has some hidden
meaning and purposes that are crucial for a
child's development.
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Engaging the children in imaginative play can be
uncomfortable for some parents. But there are
several ways to engage the children in
imaginative play.
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The below points define the importance of
imaginative plays in your child's life and the
way to engage them in more imaginative plays.
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How to help your child engage in imaginative play
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The children are very resourceful, so they can
get creative with almost anything. For them, a
cardboard box can be a spaceship, a house, an
office, a car, and a stove.
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So, there are a few ways you can involve your
child in most of the imaginative play games by
giving them all the tools and resources they
need.
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Here are the few tips to involve your child in
imaginative play.
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Give them multiple settings to explore
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You can prompt your child for participating in
imaginative play at different places such as at
home, at school, at a friend's house, at
grandparent's house, etc.
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In this way, your children can generalize the
experiential learning with other situations and
people.
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Apart from this, giving your child a dedicated
place to engage in their imaginative play will
help them to elicit more creativity.
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You can give them your sofa, kitchen table,
bedroom or other areas of the home where they can
let their imaginations run wild.
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Provide them with activities and toys
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If you are giving props to your child for
imaginative play, then it provides them a
direction to go with their imaginations.
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In this instance, you will see that your child
pick up different toys and begin exploring these
things by own.
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Engage in playing "Pretend" with them
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For the development of a child, you need to
partake in activities with them is equally
important like the way they entertain themselves
and befriend themselves.
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In this way, you prove that you care for them and
show your interest in those things which attracts
them. It can be sometime silly and sometimes fun
also.
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Try exploring real-life scenarios with them
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Through imaginative play the children solving
conflicts, play with their inner questions about
life, developing social skills, learn to express
feeling, develop their language skills, etc.
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It might be beneficial if you are playing out a
scenario with them that recently happened in
their life or with another friend, adult or
classmate.
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How we help you?
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At great beginnings child care and learning
center, we recognize the importance of
imaginative play and conduct many programs for
young children.
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Our classrooms are filled with all kinds of toys
and activities to engage the children in
imaginative play and encourage them for
cognitive, emotional and social development.
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