Summer is the best time to enhance the extracurricular skills of kids. Bright start Academy provides the facility of summer learning and playing for kids like a summer camp in which kids can learn new things and new games which can help them to increase their physical as well as mental health.

1. Summer Learning with playing

2. I listen to the hushed murmurs of my youngest
daughter, Jemma. Her small hands move her toy
people as they “talk” to each other.

3. The long hallway is a busy cardboard city. Currently,
her attention is on the children in the school area.
They’re busy rehearsing a play and festively attired in
costumes of tape, paper, and paper cups.

4. Pretend play, where you
don’t even play alongside
your kids, is like a miracle
drug for growing minds
brain-boosting even.
What’s more, it’s easy to
get your children
pretending and playing for
longer and longer periods
of time especially during
the summer months.

5. Environment
Before you expect your child to pretend play, you
need to consider the environment.

6. I’ve learned that my kids require that the TV and
tablets are out of sight. If not, they’ll be distracted and
whining, not pretend playing. Your kids may be the
same.

7. Without these tech distractions, my children open
themselves to creative pretending. To know more
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Another important factor is space.

8. Outside or inside, we must let our children have
spaces to play – where they are safe and free to move
about. The hallway, a corner, the porch, the yard –
almost anywhere will work.

9. Have you ever watched
your kids pretending
their fingers were
people? Or using
sticks and acorns to
make a family?
Children’s needs for
toys are minimal. In
fact, the fewer options
for toys, the more
pretending is required.

10. • Here’s what I mean . . .
consider buying a
premade school with
pretend people versus
giving your child a
shoebox and some
clothespins. The shoebox
and clothespins require a
child to stretch her
imagination much more
than the premade toy.

11. You also can provide real-life things that can be used
as pretend play props, like an old telephone, a hat, or
your old jewelry.

12. Put these pretend playthings in the play area you’ve
set aside for your kids or Store in tubs or baskets for
easy rotation. Bright Start Academy is a day care
center which provides gaming facility to your children
in every season.

13. Pretending
Now that you have an area and some playthings,
chances are your child won’t need too much help to
start pretending. But he or she may need some quick
ideas for playing longer or more complex scenarios
when the play lags.

14. When you notice that the pretend play is lagging – or
the murmurs of your child’s people are slowing down
– suggest:

15. • a new scenario to play with
a conflict to solve
Examples: something is
lost, someone is lost,
someone is being mean,
someone gets hurt
• new characters or roles for
the pretending
Examples: a boss, a
naughty child, a heroic dog,
a fancy lady

16. You may even
want to read your
kids’ books that
relate to their
pretend play
because those will
introduce new
ideas to play and
new vocabulary
words.

17. Benefits are:
• A better vocabulary
• Improved motor skills
• Better social skills
• Improved emotional maturity
• Improved self-control
• Better thinking and reasoning skills
So this summer, skip the workbooks. All your child
needs is to pretend play every day.

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