| Day care centers usually have fully-equipped | | | | day care facilities need to acquire certain day care |
| pretend play areas. This is quite done intentionally. | | | | supplies that promote this type of activity. Such |
| Pretend play is important because it enhances the | | | | supplies may include play kitchen sets complete |
| creative minds of the children. | | | | with pots and pans, dress-up costume sets, dolls |
| Pretend play helps children build social and | | | | and dollhouses, food sets, puppets and mirrors. |
| emotional skills. By playing with other children, the | | | | These day care supplies encourage children to |
| child learns to cooperate with them, take turns in | | | | pretend play and work as a group. |
| using items and share responsibility in performing | | | | Play kitchens, for instance, give children the |
| the task. By pretending to be someone else or by | | | | opportunity to assign different tasks among |
| playing a role, the child begins to understand | | | | themselves and take turns being a chef, baker or |
| empathy and how it feels like to be in someone | | | | dishwasher in the game. Dress-up costume sets |
| else's shoes. Aside from these, this will also helps | | | | enhance the portrayal of children of adult jobs and |
| children to become great problem-solvers. This is | | | | responsibilities. The use of dolls, dollhouses and |
| usually evident when children during this play are | | | | similar products can heighten children's imagination |
| placed in certain scenarios and they are asked to | | | | and increase their creative skills. Puppets can be |
| come up with solutions to the problem. | | | | an outlet for language skill development while |
| Since pretend play is important to the children, | | | | mirrors encourage self-discovery. |