A role for everyone

Why is role play important to young children’s development? Early social development is highly correlated with academic achievement. The way a child settles into your setting and interacts with peers and adults will have a massive impact on his or her learning opportunities.

Many teaching practices are based on the Soviet psychologist Vygotsky’s social constructivist model of child development, as it highlights a child’s potential learning ability and demonstrates the importance of whole person development. The areas of development (traditionally split into cognitive, social and physical) overlap and reinforce each other.