{"id":16198,"date":"2017-07-09T17:52:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T17:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HecklegirthNursery\/?p=16198"},"modified":"2017-07-09T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T17:52:17","slug":"role-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HecklegirthNursery\/2017\/07\/09\/role-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Role play develops children’s social skills, creativity and imagination. It provides opportunities to play out events that they have observed or experienced in real life and to express their feelings and ideas in a relaxed environment. They can apply and practise life skills as well as develop their literacy and numeracy skills in so many contexts in the role play area. Here is a little gallery of the various roles the children have taken on in our role play area – don’t they look the part so busy in their play?