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Young children learn by imagining and doing. Have you ever watched a child pick up a stone and pretend it is a racing car? He is using an object to represent something else. But this pretend(假想的)play is not as simple as it may seem. The process of pretending builds skills in many areas.
As children play pretend games, they explore relationships between people and learn more about how people communicate. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair and share.
Listen in as children play with toys or friends and you will probably hear some words and phrases you never thought they knew! In fact, we often hear our words reflected in the play of children. Pretend play helps children understand the power of language. In addition, playing pretend games with others helps children to make the connection between spoken and written language---a skill that will later help them to read.
Pretend play provides children with a variety of problems to handle. Whether it’s two children waiting to play the same role or searching for the just right material to make a roof for the playhouse, they call upon thinking skills that will be used in every aspect of their life, now and forever.
Encourage your children to use their imagination---it’s not just fun, but builds skills too.!

Topic	Importance of encouraging children’s           .
Introduction	Pretend play is not just as       as it may seem, but builds skills in many areas.
from children’s pretend play	◆ Develop        skills. Children learn to communicate through      relationships between people. Children become more willing to play fair and share. ◆Practise language skills. ·Children can understand the    of language. ·Children can       spoken and written language. ◆Practise thinking skills. ·Children learn to deal with      problems. ·Children will       such skills in their future life.
Conclusion	Children will not only have      but build skills in pretend play.