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  2. Social Stories - Wikipedia

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    Overview [ edit] Social Stories are a concept devised by Carol Gray in 1991 to improve the social skills of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). [3] The objective is to share information, which is often through a description of the events occurring around the subject and also why. [4] Social stories are used to educate and as praise.

  3. Symbolic Play: Examples, Definition, Importance, and More

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    Social skills. Symbolic play teaches a child to see the “other.”. Since some kids may think differently than them, your child learns how to cooperate and negotiate. Self-esteem. Symbolic play ...

  4. Playing Dress-Up: Benefits, How to Start, and Tips - Healthline

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    Dressing up is a form of imaginative play — and imaginative play boosts problem-solving and self-regulation skills. Kids create situations and scenes and act out social events. They’re able to ...

  5. Ready, Set, Pretend: Ideas for Imaginative Play - Healthline

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    Birth to 2 years. Imitate the sounds, the coos and ma-ma-mas, your baby makes.When you baby smiles, smile back. This reinforcement is play that reinforces social-emotional skills. Read stories and ...

  6. Associative Play for Young Children: What Is It? - WebMD

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    Playtime isn’t just all fun and games. Kids learn important developmental and social skills through playing with others and by themselves. Associative play is one of the six stages of play — a ...

  7. Learning through play - Wikipedia

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    Learning through play. Learning through play is a term used in education and psychology to describe how a child can learn to make sense of the world around them. Through play children can develop social and cognitive skills, mature emotionally, and gain the self-confidence required to engage in new experiences and environments. [1]

  8. Benefits of Extracurricular Activities for Kids - WebMD

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    Motivates Kids to Exercise. Not all extracurricular activities are physical in nature, but many are. Examples include: Team sports. Individual sports. Martial arts. Dance. Clubs focused on ...

  9. Social emotional development - Wikipedia

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    Social emotional development represents a specific domain of child development. It is a gradual, integrative process through which children acquire the capacity to understand, experience, express, and manage emotions and to develop meaningful relationships with others. [1] As such, social emotional development encompasses a large range of ...