Play can help children in stimulating their language and literacy skill as they will interact with their peers to express themselves.

Dramatic play is one way to do so. Example, they can pretend to be a waiter taking order from a diner and when doing so, they have to take the pencil and paper to record the orders.

• Uses various props and objects
• Combines multiple roles and themes
• Creates pretend scenario and solving disagreement by talking and negotiating

Roles of dramatic play:

• develop conversational skills and ability to express ideas in words
• understand feelings, roles, or works with other
• connect actions with words
• develp vocabulary
• develop creativity
• enhance social interactions
• cope with life, e.g. acting out troubling situation which this is a way for them to express their emotions
• assume leadership and group-participant roles

Promote dramatic play:

• Field trips
• Discussion/reading by visitors/guest speakers
• Sharing books
• Discussions based pictures
• Films, videos, slide shows
• Kits, equipment and setting for dramatic play
• Parent career presentation