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Imaginative Play
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This brief introduction is
intended to raise your awareness of the importance of imaginative play
and describe some of the considerations that we use to select or toy
inventory at Dandelion Summers.
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Play is becoming
endangered.
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Our technological modern life can easily leave
little time for childhood imaginative play and can also stunt our
children’s ability to author their own creative play. Joan Almon,
Chair of the Waldorf Kindergarten Association of North America, stated
in the foreword to “Children at Play,” by Heidi
Britz-Crecelius, “Modern children are accustomed to manufactured
toys with defined purposes, television and films that present someone
else’s imagination, computers that use other people’s
programs, and classes in dance or sports in which someone instructs
them in what to do.” As parents we must strive to nurture our
children’s ability to engage in creative, imaginative play.
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Why is play important?
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Child directed imaginative play fosters and builds
creativity. Creativity will serve your children their whole lives.
Creativity allows us to see new solutions to problems, see the
“light at the end of the tunnel”, envision new inventions
and the list goes on. We give our children the ability to create
their own lives when we allow them as children to create their own play.
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Toys that
encourage imaginative play:
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- open-ended, can be played with in a
variety of different ways.
- are simple, yet attractive in their
details, allowing the child’s imagination to complete the details
to suit their mood or play.
- let the child determine the play (they
are not modeled after the latest cartoon or movie).
- are made of natural materials.
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Place
your order online on our secure server 24 hours a day,
or call 503-754-5849 Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST.
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