The Symbolic Importance Of Play In Child Development

A game is the symbolic representation of children of roles or situations, arguments of his own creation, which made for fun.

This type of game plays from the two years together with the representative function, which allows children to expand their psychological understanding of others and apply what they have learned from them to their own representations.

In symbolic play, the child expands his understanding of himself, because in this game will assume roles which are then easily drop to take some different, something the child can do thanks to the confidence you have about who is and safety which takes into who is not.

These concepts may seem complex, so we will try to illustrate with an example. Imagine a girl who now takes the role of mother when she plays in the classroom houses kindergarten, but in the afternoon in the park to play the daughter, no doubt for a moment who is herself.

Overcoming fears playing

A very important function with symbolic games that children used to express the fears, fantasies, or issues that concern them. In this way, the child can release the stress that produces a nightmare, repeating in the game until a satisfactory solution or you can play your dad that you are traveling, just arrived and they all are very happy, relieving the stress that can result in separation.

For the child, the environment plays game in which their fears and concerns is a safe place where he knows he controls everything that can happen, so play what you fear. Many parents are surprised when they see their children playing the same thing that awoke in the middle of the night screaming, but not to worry, as is the way in which the small release their frustrations.

Playing learn to cooperate

When the symbolic play, this is usually done individually by the child, but as they grow older, the child begins to play with other children, which involves learning to respect the rules of each scenario shared. These rules determine how to act a character in the game or the characteristics of an action that everyone should play in achieving a common goal.

When the child plays in a group, it may happen that you forget the paper, then, when his teammates will remember what to do, and the rules of the game. With this, the children will develop prosocial behavior to help others and care for their needs.

Game characters

Children use pretend play in two types of characters: stereotypes and fiction.

The stereotypes are characterized by the attitude to play and try to resemble reality. For example, the child makes mom or dad.

The fictional characters have names and stories come from, film or television and run behavior more predictable, since they have a distinctive role. Most often, children do not represent these characters, but "talk" with them or involve them like one. Thus we can see a child playing with the other in a game where everyone is themselves and they will discover a treasure, but our child is Peter Pan

Playing with language

The symbolism of the game can also be taken by children to language. When the child begins to acquire language discovers a new world that has to master and you will experience widely.

There are social games in which language plays an important role such as spontaneous rhyming games, games to invent new words or sets of conversation, in which children experience with conversations that use the adults in their talks.

Keep the goal you have, pretend play is of vital importance in child development and should we worry if it is not because the child may have an autistic type disorder. In which case it is needed the intervention of a professional psychology for working with small and flexible strategies for dowry their thinking and develop the imagination.

Regards,

Jenny Hernandez www.facilmente.org War