Home corner and dramatic play

What’s learned?

Playing make-believe lets a child bring the complicated grown-up world down to size.

They learn empathy for others, and will often act out a whole range of emotions when playing pretend - offering sympathy to a doll that has fallen off a chair or inviting a friend to tea.

Dramatic play encourages children to think abstractly, which is an important pre-reading skill.

Children come to understand that words represent ideas.