This lively how-to guide contains more than 100 activities and games that parents, teachers, and other adults can use to stimulate the imagination and sense of play in children between the ages of 2 and 5. Along with these games, the authors describe the importance of imaginative play during the early years, including its contribution to happiness and self-confidence, and its vital role in the development of cognitive, emotional, social, creative, and physical skills.
From the Introduction:Both parents and teachers will find that the games in this book can help children learn how to expand their imaginations. Children with a repertoire of make-believe play skills are more self-reliant and demand less of your time as they follow their own creative direction with a game, embellishing it with details and making up new variations. The general benefits of imaginative play are discussed in chapter 1, "What Make-Believe Can Do for Children," and the specific benefits of focused activity areas, such as motor, sensory, and role-playing, are presented at the beginning of each activity chapter.
- ISBN10 1557987173
- ISBN13 9781557987174
- Publish Date 15 October 2000
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 30 August 2023
- Publish Country US
- Publisher American Psychological Association
- Imprint Magination Press, (American Psychological Association)
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 176
- Language English