Jul 04 / Simcha

Another Reason Why Play is Good for Children (Gopnik)

Getty Images; Smithsonian Magazine, July/August 2012

Alison Gopnik, a leading researcher in the field of cognitive development, writes in the latest edition of the Smithsonian Magazine, that when children pretend, they’re not just being silly — they’re doing science.

Walk into any preschool and you’ll find toddling superheroes battling imaginary monsters. We take it for granted that young children play and, especially, pretend. Why do they spend so much time in fantasy worlds?

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