tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post5825007941220745595..comments2024-03-28T03:35:52.176-04:00Comments on Love That Max : 8 ways pretend play can help kids with special needs Ellen Seidmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-7736422311515575132013-07-14T19:30:02.394-04:002013-07-14T19:30:02.394-04:00How fabulous, Rose-Marie on using pretend play so ...How fabulous, Rose-Marie on using pretend play so beautifully with your daughter! Great how much confidence she felt after 'playing out school days and bus rides!"<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095292775717687635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-38071062540373176842013-07-14T19:28:15.458-04:002013-07-14T19:28:15.458-04:00Wonderful, Anna! I, too had a vivid imagination -...Wonderful, Anna! I, too had a vivid imagination - and often spent hours pretend playing on my own. It's great to release ideas and share with others!<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095292775717687635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-67021875943979729892013-06-25T16:00:59.929-04:002013-06-25T16:00:59.929-04:00I have a vivid imagination, so pretending helped m...I have a vivid imagination, so pretending helped me release the ideas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576844684725684941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-3867491908693025132013-06-25T11:41:34.794-04:002013-06-25T11:41:34.794-04:00We used pretend play as a way to stretch out the t...We used pretend play as a way to stretch out the time our daughter would manipulate infant toys. Her fine motor skills are so limiting that the only toys she could operate into her 4-5th year were ones made for infants, but her congitive interest was well beyond that. So we played with her dolls together and she would pretend to "teach" her dolls how to use the infant toys. It worked very nicely for a year or two.<br /><br />I love using toys as "rehearsal for life," as you describe. There are so many great Little People playsets, and you can use them to act out a zillion potential scenarios that might happen in a particular setting (I love that Fisher Price has the wheelchair to include in creative play with its Little People!). This is especially good when a child lacks the language to ask questions...they've already had a preview and been able to mentally rehearse the situations before they arise. We did this for months before preschool, playing out school days and bus rides. The only down side was that my little one felt so confident about the school bus that she refused to let me drive her to preschool on the first day--she wanted the BUS!!!Rose-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125239149179291715noreply@blogger.com