Supporting Preschool Children's Learning Through Dramatic Play

Preschool is a critical period for children. They need to develop a variety of skills (e.g., social and emotional skills, cognitive skills, motor skills) that are important for their development between the ages of 3 and 5. Dramatic play provides children with safe environments that allow them to learn and practice those important skills as it fully engages children intellectually, emotionally, physically, verbally, and socially. Strategies for teachers and an example for organizing dramatic play in preschool classrooms are offered.