As a kid playing dress-up means serious business. Both of my kids love to play dress-up since the age of two. My son was a super-hero, a train, a dinosaur etc. There were times he doesn’t have a real costume , he would figure out a way to make something out of it using boxes, papers, old clothes, whatever. Then he would come out and say “Tadaa, I’m a monster!” My daughter is the same way. When she was two years old, she would change at least 3 times a day.
Why do some kids do this ? Why do they play dress-up like it’s their job?
Benefits of playing dress-up for kids
- Expand their imagination – playing role model is a great way to expand their imagination and get creative. Kids love to mimic their surroundings and they do that through role playing.
- Gender identity – able to understand and explore gender identity. They would mimic behavior of such gender. Like, boys would want to wear dinosaur costumes, astronaut , cop, firemen etc. While girls would want princesses, fairies , mermaids etc. Regardless encourage your child with whoever they would want to be either a boy or girl role playing. Have them express their ideas ,feelings and explore different gender roles.
- Socialization – children develop interaction, it makes them show interest on others and learn how to give-and-take.
- Motor skills – through their imaginations, it would make them develop to create what interest them. Like creating a craft to accomplish what’s in their imagination or just by simply running, jumping , dancing etc. it helps develop their motor skills.
- Empathy – through role playing, it gives them an idea and an understanding of what roles play in other peoples lives. Like for example, my daughter loves to play mama to her dolls, she’s pretending her dolls are her babies. She knows that as a mom, she should feed them, bath them. change their clothes and play with them.
It’s so amazing to watch how our kids develop traits and behaviors on stages of their life. Playing dress-up is one of them, it gives them freedom of who, when and where they want to be. It’s so fun to watch my kids when they are engaged in a dramatic play because you know their well being is progressing and developing on it’s own.
GIVEAWAY TIME !
This is available around Metro Detroit area only.
Disney On Ice Presents Frozen at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 18-21 . Tickets (starting at $15 ) it’s on sale already and can be purchased at 313Presents.com , Little Caesars Arena Xfinity box offices and Ticketmaster.com . To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. Group discounts are available by calling (313) 471-3099.
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So simple, that’s it ! This giveaway runs from 8/28/18 – 9/4/18. I will mention the winner on 9/5/18.
Good luck and Thank you so much!
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