Recently at my practicum site I subbed for the playgroup teacher. The playgroup is made up of about 7-10 typical developing kids. I was in the gym observing them playing when a group of the girls started to make-believe play. They first started out playing house, one was the mom, one was the dad, and one was the baby. They acted out typical “house” situations and directed each other on what they were suppose to say and do. After playing house for a few minutes, the moved from being people to dogs and the play-scape became the doghouse. They were barking and chasing each other around the room. Finally, the girls began to pretend “jungle” each pretending to be a different animal and added to the play by making the animal noises. Watching all this take place, I was amazed at their imaginations and how quickly they could move from one instance of make-believe straight into another. It seemed like they didn’t have to think about what they were going to play, each instance flowed smoothly into the next. It seemed so obvious to the girls that this is how to play. I guess as an adult I have forgotten how easy it is to make-believe play.
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