| Children love to play. They play with bricks, or | | | | million other facts of life through their play. |
| with sand and water, they dress up in 'grown-up' | | | | Playing pretend games, with toy cars or teddy |
| clothes, they play chasing and catching games. All | | | | bears or dolls, helps them to develop their speech |
| the time they're learning and developing their | | | | and language. |
| language skills. | | | | Firstly it helps because language is an especially |
| They find out about the world: the sizes, shapes | | | | sophisticated system of symbols, and playing, |
| and feel of things, that hard things hurt, that soft | | | | especially with miniature toys and pictures, helps |
| things are comfortable. Later on, they'll find out | | | | children to develop their ability to understand |
| that you can't fit a gallon into a pint pot. Babies | | | | symbols. |
| and young children teach themselves these and a | | | | |