Believe that everyone has had this experience as a child - playing house. Play house is a popular game for children and exists in any country and culture. Usually children start to be able to assume and play out roles at the age of two, and play house is more common among children between the ages of two and six. This game is known in psychology as symbolic play, also known as pretend play.
Parents should not underestimate the "play house", the famous children's educator Mr. Chen Heqin said, "Children's knowledge is gained from experience, and children's life itself is a game." Pretend play is by no means a simple activity, but an indispensable part of children's growth process.
Enrich the imagination
Children have not been too much in contact with society, they will not consider the problem of unreasonableness in the game arrangement scene, only the wild imagination, the game can let children fully play imagination, through the simulation of a variety of scenes their imagination will become richer and richer.
Promote reading and writing skills
The age of 5 or 6 is the prime time for children to improve their reading and writing skills. The pretend game allows children to come into contact with many items and terms that are not commonly found in life, such as "police car", "taking blood pressure", "doing experiments", etc. These unfamiliar terms will stimulate children's interest and make them always want to find out more, thus learning more new knowledge.
Strengthen language skills
Parents can take the initiative to guide their children to speak during the game, starting with vocabulary and short sentences and gradually practicing them over and over again, children will learn more vocabulary and sentences during the game without any pressure, and slowly strengthen their language skills.
Strengthen children's cognitive skills
Parents can give their children more simulated choices of game scenarios, such as public security bureau, hospitals, libraries, museums, etc. In the process of simulating games, parents can take the opportunity to teach their children more knowledge of life, such as the logo of the public security bureau, the people in the public security bureau are police uncles, the concept of "call the police if you are in trouble" can also take the opportunity to instill Also, the symbol of the hospital, there are nurses and doctors in the hospital, they are white angels, sick to find them, the library can not talk loudly, etc., and some general knowledge of life, such as the fire alarm, first aid telephone, so that children do not usually contact but very useful knowledge to have an understanding of these.
Promote parent-child relationship
Children have a strong dependence on their parents, in their view, parents are the representatives of safety and security, in the game, parents and children need to work together to complete a variety of tasks, in the game interaction not only enhances the sense of intimacy, will enhance the children's hands-on ability and game experience, thus promoting parent-child relationship.
It is not just a childish and boring game for children, but also a process of cognition and feedback to the child's eyes about the world. Here are some of the popular play house toys.
