Toys I Make, Trips I Take

Week 13

Dear Imagine That! Parent:

What fun we had with all our special guests in class today! By role playing with our stuffed animals to give them voices, movements and more, your child got a chance to develop her empathy skills.

Preschoolers tend to see the world only from their own point of view. They can have trouble recognizing others’ feelings and ideas and often think only about how events affect themselves. In play and at school, they may only want to follow their own plans, rather than sharing ideas and taking turns in leading games.

Seeing the world through the eyes of an animal friend gave her a chance to think about someone else’s feelings in an imaginative and unthreatening way, increasing her lifelong social skills.

See you next week!