Glossary / Lexicon
Symbolic Play
Symbolic Play refers to symbolic, or dramatic, play which occurs when children begin to substitute one object for another.
For example, using a hairbrush to represent a microphone. The child may pretend to do something (with or without the object present or with an object representing another object) or be someone. They may also pretend through other inanimate objects (e.g., has a doll pretend to feed another doll). Dramatic play with sequence of pretend acts predominates after 2 years of age.
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