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Early Childhood News: How Dramatic Play Can Enhance Learning ArticleEarly Childhood News: How Dramatic Play Can Enhance Learning Article
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Early Childhood News: How Dramatic Play Can Enhance Learning

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Dramatic play allows children to develop skills in such areas as abstract thinking, literacy, math, and social studies. In order to derive the full benefits from dramatic play as it relates to learning, early educators should "set the stage" throughout the classroom. This article offers many ideas on how to set up your classroom to inspire the most creativity.

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cognitive development

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cd.pk.1.2.2 participate cooperatively in complex pretend play, involving assigned roles and an overall plan., dramatic play

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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