Imaginary Play. Provide your child with a space in your home for imaginative play. Your child is using an object to represent something else while giving it action and motion.
Pretend play pretend play is often also referred to as symbolic play imaginative play dramatic play fantasy socio dramatic or good old fashioned make believe. The imagination of a child is priceless. A place to play.
What is imaginative play and how to encourage it.
What pretend play ideas can you do that aren t crazy elaborate. Throw picnics and tea parties. An empty paper towel roll can be a telescope a microphone or a tunnel. Your child is using an object to represent something else while giving it action and motion.