Being mom of two boys, now they have turned 12 years old and 7 years
old. Time fly and I see that pretending and dramatic play improve child
development. They have many roles to play in life as a child. Learning
to make jewelry, it's not easy task but they tried by putting each bead
and matching the color of beads turn it into beautiful bracelet.
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| Sean learning to be youtuber |
Importance of role play for kids is that kids learn to solve problems, coordinate, cooperate and think flexibly.
Education are important but it's good to balance them out by giving them chance to express themselves. For example above Sean being a kid tour guide. He got to learn about the animal names and habitat sharing it with the tourists.
Talking about tour guide, there was time where he and his brother pretend to be tour guide agent at the KidZania pretending they are making a field trip information.
Pretending and dramatic play drives child development, the other day we went to a shopping mall. There's information on how to perform CPR and here goes my little one, hands on to learn on rescue and CPR process. It's not an easy tasks but at least he knows of how real real life issues, cultivate social and emotional intelligence. Kids learn about themselves and the world.
Role playing activities encourage children to learn about themselves
and the world around them. It builds confidence, creativity,
communication, physical development and problem-solving skills. Take
example of above my little one, trying to cut up the banana into pieces
it helps with improving his motor skills.
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| pretending that he's going to rescue someone at the top. |
My personal ideas and tips on role-playing activities can be anywhere
anytime even at home. Well, there's KidZania Kuala Lumpur which is an
interactive learning edutainment theme park for kids that helps to
prepare them for the real world by immersing them in simulated adult
occupations and real-life situations andits role-play activities are
aimed to helping kids to learn life today " - all of which support a
child's social emotional resilience.
For more information of
KidZania, you can click on the link to find out.
