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Using Role play and pretend play to enhance speech and language

Using Role play and pretend play to enhance speech and language

Dressing up is great fun and playing different roles will expand your child’s imagination. In fact you do not even have to dress up to do role play. Games involving different characters will allow you to introduce lots of new related language and stretch your child’s creative play skills. Most types of interaction through play will have a positive effect on speech and language acquisition.

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