Once we walk into a playschool, what can we see at first? Definitely, we will see children playing and mingling actively all around the place. Some of the boys play a role as a superhero attacking the monster with sword while the girls are busy cooking some food and acting like princess. Why do they pretend or spend too much time in their delusion world? People always think that playing will help children to learn. Well, that’s true because a research conducted at the University of California claimed that young children can learn very quickly through play!

From this research, they have found out children who were better at pretending could be better about counterfactual thinking. This counterfactual thinking is powerful as they can change children’s own memories, adjusting the facts and creating new memories. In simplest word, children are better at thinking about different possibilities. And thinking about possibilities play a vital role in current understanding about how children learn.

Do you ever know that pretend play activities can build your child communication skills? Yes, this activity can create and increase children confidence level, promote them to speak and improve social skill. These activities can thus help children to make connection between what they observe and what they hear.

Let them play as much as they want. Don’t ever make their ‘golden age’ were wasted like nothing. Even though, some of preschool and policymaker nowadays were trying to eliminate the concept of play and try to make preschool more like school. Remember, play is not only important for kids; because play is one of crucial part in life that makes all human beings become smart as you now! Happy Parenting!