"Pretend play is associated with a host of enhanced ... and this has recently extended to early childhood. "The prevalence of preschool education has increased over the decades in many developed ...

"Pretend play is associated with a host of enhanced cognitive abilities ... and this has recently extended to early childhood. "The prevalence of preschool education has increased over the decades in ...

They found some of the youngsters were engaging in pretend play by the age of four months ... evolving process which begins very early on in life, helping their cognitive and social skills ...

From developing social skills to fostering creativity, pretend play in young children is likened to being a 'metaphoric multivitamin' in an editorial published in the journal Neuroscience and ...