Have fun playing pretend with your child. Try these ideas that use everyday items from around your home. Daniel Tiger’s friend Jodi makes a special box tunnel from a cardboard box. What could you ...

From fostering creativity to encouraging your child's social and emotional growth, pretend play—or imaginative play—is ...

These games were based on Viola Spolin’s improvisational exercises that have come to form the bases of modern improvisation (think Whose Line is it Anyway, for the preschool crowd), but the eight ...

New Delhi, Aug 28 A new book released on Saturday offers parents more than 60 ‘pretend play’ activities to impart knowledge and skills to children during their early development years. “The Power of ...

Every minute in childcare is a chance for development and learning. For young children, cognitive growth serves as the basis for future achievements, and including engaging games and activities may ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

Please see the full scientific report here, or watch a short video about the paper here. What can pretend play, drama, and role play do for very young children? When kids pretend they are using their ...