What Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers Can Do to Promote Social and Sociodramatic Play
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: The Importance of Play, Social and Emotional (Ages 2-3), Social and Emotional (Ages 3-5), Social Development
- Make provisions for preschool children to engage in social play both at home and in group settings.
- Facilitate play with a wide group of peers to encourage child-initiated relationships.
- Guide children in developing prosocial skills that will help them be successful members in play groups.
- Engage in children’s play to model social skills and appropriate play behaviors.
- Provide props and materials for sociodramatic play.
- Supply props that are specific for play themes.
- Suggest or model roles in sociodramatic play.
- Offer intervention and redirecting strategies for children who express aggression in play to help them use more positive social behaviors.
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Play and Child Development, by J.L. Frost & S.C. Wortham & S. Reifel, 2008 edition, p. 148.
© 2008, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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