Principles of emotional development and children’s pretend play
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Children’s understanding of emotion and its constructivist links with pretend play is of increasing interest as an element of cognition. This article examines emotional development and pretend play using basic foundations of psychoanalytic and learning theories, and several understandings about emotional development. Also, this paper explains emotional development and pretend play through interactive levels of expression, control and modeling of emotion, and emotional intelligence. Through each of these levels, emotional development can be practiced and enhanced. To be a competent and positive person, children use pretend play as a learning opportunity to deal with their feelings, to have empathy for other’s feelings, and to develop emotional health.
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