From developing social skills to fostering creativity, pretend play in young children is likened ... and this has recently extended to early childhood. "The prevalence of preschool education ...

But physical play is not the only kind of play. We often use the terms pretend play or make-believe ... indicated that early childhood games about make-believe worlds were more frequent in such ...

As the school year revs up, a renowned child developmental psychologist highlights the robust benefits of pretend play on cognitive ... recently extended to early childhood.