Comments on: Still stuck on pretend play

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By: Melitsa

Melitsa — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:32:59 +0000

Robert: Thanks Robert for stopping by. I hope you can try a few new ideas with your little guy soon. I enjoyed stopping by your blog.

By: Robert at Kintropy

Robert at Kintropy — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:33:58 +0000

Thanks for the pretend-play ideas: some of them are quite good & ones I wouldn’t have thought of. I think the challenge with our kids is actually making us parents available and ready to engage in pretend play. My son, in particular, loves pretend play, but I find myself needing to make the conscious effort to give him my full attention, encourage him to put away the distractions (video games, etc.). Once we get to that point, he could pretend play for hours!

By: Melitsa

Melitsa — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:48:40 +0000

Notquitecrunchyparent: Kids do start their pretend playing at different ages. You raise a valid point. It wasn’t until I started to model with my son that he really got into pretend play. It never occurred to me before that I should model but we have the best fun with it.

Good tips about costume buying- this is the right time of year for that!
I can see that our dressing up box will be getting bigger this time next month.
Thanks for your comment.

By: The Not Quite Crunchy Parent

The Not Quite Crunchy Parent — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:25:18 +0000

Great post!

These are great ideas. one thing of which parents should be aware though is that pretend play, like many other developmental stages comes at different times for different kids. Age 4 is about average – some kids get into it earlier and some later. As long as parent provide the props and model pretend play, most kids will get into it.

In our house we have lots of costumes…cheap to buy right after Halloween…we also have silks, yards of fabric that I just buy at the fabric store and leave in a basket, playcords or ribbons for belts, felt and pipe cleaners to make quick masks, etc.

Some kids like to “role play” and some kids like to put on little plays using play figures…my DS likes both. He also will line up his cars and put them in different places…if I ask, he will tell me an elaborate story about what is going on in the story he has set up…that too is pretend play!