Social roles In Children’s Imaginative Play

Question 1

What types of roles do the domain children usually take on in imaginative play?

Answer 1

The leader, they assign roles and tell other children what to do, they also take on the most dominant role they can think, e.g a mother

Question 2

Does gender play a role?

Answer 2

Girls typically tend to be more talkative and thus more dominant in imaginative play.

Question 3

Why is imaginative play important?

Answer 3

Teaches them communication, life skills and co-operation