To begin my research, I am just getting a general idea of what positives encouraging creativity in young children and provide, before I start looking at it into more depth.
As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler:
Develop social skills
As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family
members, friends and co-workers and learn more about how people
interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their
patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about
their children. Imaginative play helps develop empathy for others. If
children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a
pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more
willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.
Build self-confidence
Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining
oneself as a builder of skyscrapers or a superhero defending the planet
is empowering to a child. It helps them develop confidence in their
abilities and their potential.
Boost intellectual growth
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who
can see a king’s castle in a mound of sand or a delicious dinner in a
mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in
school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups
of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
Practice language skills
Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps
boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and enhance
communication skills.
Work out fears
Playing pretend can help children work out their fears and worries. When
children role-play about the big, bad monster under the bed, they gain a
sense of control over him and he doesn’t seem quite so big or so bad.
Imaginative play also helps kids vent confusing feelings they might
have, such as anger toward a parent or rivalry with a new sibling.
To encourage your youngster’s imagination, read to him every day.
Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create
new ones of their own.
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