Symbolic Play

Playing with a paper bag or a plastic cup?  Seems like a simple, silly idea, but actually, playing with everyday household items can be as enriching as (or even more so than) playing with complicated manufactured toys.   Using a substitute to “stand for” a specific object is part of the symbolic play process. This process is the understanding that one thing can represent another—such as a toy car representing a real car, or in more complex terms, an architectural model representing a full-sc...

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