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Pretend Play Workshop for Kids

A Year of DIY Craft Projects and Open-Ended Screen-Free Learning for Kids Ages 3-7

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Discover simple ways to create rich, imaginative play experiences for your child using things you already have on hand.
What makes childhood feel magical? One simple word: PLAY! Play is crucial for children—it is fun, allows them to work through complex ideas and emotions, leads to a sense of mastery, and is also a key way kids learn. Regrettably, the technology and busyness of our modern lives leave little room for this fundamental and important part of childhood. Pretend Play Workshop for Kids offers a remedy with hours of dramatic play scenarios paired with simple crafts and fun activitiesa rich resource for easy, ready-to-go alternatives to screentime.
Along the way, you will learn the benefits of these experiences, including the social and emotional learning taking place, the fine and gross motor practice, the language development, the mathematical thinking, and the scientific thinking. This allows you to set the scene for your little one, but also tailor it to their strengths and opportunities for growth.
Each chapter focuses on a different imaginative play setup, including:
  • Detective Office
  • Post Office
  • Spaceship
  • Coffee Shop
  • Art Museum
  • Laundromat
  • Ice Cream Shop
  • Doctor's Office
  • Hair Salon
  • Car Wash
  • Train Station
  • Toy Store

  • Within each chapter, find ideas for how to set the scene, instructions for crafting props, and activities that you can set up for your child. You'll also discover time-saving tips, ways to extend the play, how to adapt activities for different age groups, and how engaging in the play and activities benefits your child.
    Pretend Play Workshop for Kids will inspire you and deepen your understanding so that you can support your child in their play for years to come.
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      • Publisher's Weekly

        July 3, 2023
        Kruse and Roberson—founders of Magic Playbook, a monthly subscription service that sends out activity ideas for young children—debut with an inventive manual on how to make “play scenes” for kids. Suggesting that playing pretend allows children to “rehearse things that may be new, exciting, anxiety-provoking,” the authors detail how parents can create homemade props to mimic such venues as an art museum, hair salon, post office, or train station. For the ice cream shop, Kruse and Roberson show how to twist white or brown yarn into a spiral resembling soft serve ice cream and tape it to a toilet paper roll “cone,” and how to make an ice cream seller’s hat from cardstock and tissue paper. The projects almost exclusively use common crafts items; for instance, the doctor’s office includes “x-rays” made from white paint handprints pressed on black paper. The crafts are mostly kid-friendly, though a few pieces require some adult assistance, such as the “hair dryer” constructed by hot-gluing a paper cup to a toilet paper roll. The set ups make creative use of ordinary objects, and parents will appreciate the reliance on inexpensive materials. It’s an ideal guide for crafting as a family.

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