If my child isn’t engaging in symbolic play, is something wrong? It’s all fun and games until you start worrying about your child who isn’t engaging in symbolic play. First of all — breathe.

When they pretend to be doctors, superheroes or daddies and mommies, they're engaged in symbolic play. Today, we turn to digital games too quickly. We should allow space for children to play with ...

Be careful not to dictate your little one’s symbolic play sessions, but rather give them the opportunity to lead. This will help develop their imagination. Click here to learn more about symbolic play ...

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On Friday, Prof. Linda Smith, psychology, India University, presented a lecture entitled, “Symbolic Play, Early Word Learning, and the Perception of Shape.” This lecture was part of the Gibson ...

Symbolic Play Test; an assessment test for children, 12 to 36 months old, to explore their non-verbal semantic development concept formation and symbolization; invented by M. Lowe and A.J. Costello in ...