I intend to post more about imagination development and how to encourage it among children, but for right now, I just have to post how Josiah's and my pretend play went Saturday.
Josiah: Night night. Lays down with a blanket and pillow.
Mommy: Goodnight. I'll see you in the morning.
J: Gets up and waves bye.
M: Bye. Where are you going?
J: Signs work.
M: Oh, you're going to work. Where do you work?
J: Baaa. (Meaning he's going to go take care of the sheep like Daddy does.)
M: Have a good day. I'll see you when you get home.
J: Gives Mommy a kiss and starts to walk away. Signs car.
M: Are you going to drive your car to work?
J: Yep.
M: I think your keys are in your toy box.
J: Looks through toy box and finds keys. Waves bye. Walks to door and puts key in safety knob hole and turns it. Comes back to living room and waves hi.
M: Hi! Are you home from work?
J: Yep.
M: How was your day?
J: Good.
This scenario is repeated over and over throughout our play time. Sometimes he has a shoe on before going to "work." Sometimes he "leaves" for work, gets partway and comes back to give me a kiss before heading off again. Sometimes he chooses to drive to work on his play motorcycle. I love watching his pretend play develop into this first stage of imagination where play is all about mimicry. We're going to have a lot of fun times ahead.
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