Understanding the world—role-playing in daycare
In the role-play area, children have the opportunity to take on different roles, act out special experiences, stories, or everyday situations, or process them. Here, both structured role-play and, above all, free role-play can take place.
Language and social skills, in particular,
are supported in this area. The children
talk to each other to discuss the course of the game and the rules
or to make agreements. Actions
are accompanied by language, or the children
talk with a fictional playmate.
To understand the world and find a way to engage with it, children need materials that can be explored in many ways—things that raise questions and offer the opportunity to contribute their own ideas, experiment, and find answers. “Real objects” from the adult world and natural materials are more exciting than toys that embody a single play idea preconceived by adults.
We’ll tell you more about this in our role-playing data sheet