Kids who regularly use their imaginations to pretend play develop better social skills and vocabulary than kids who do not.

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Playing heroes and villains is a staple part of growing up for most children, play fighting with guns and swords, pretending to be goodies and baddies - even Prince George enjoys it. But this role ...

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To create a Montessori-inspired play space, she recommends choosing simple, close-ended toys with clear goals or outcomes that encourage repetition and help children focus on specific ...

I’ve talked to hundreds of parents exhaustively about how and what their kids play with. “Open-ended toys” is developmentalspeak for toys with which there’s no prescribed way to play.

This toy is a classic, and it offers endless possibilities of play, which is why our CNET editors love it and it's one of our top picks. "My kids have used these magnetic construction tiles for ...

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