Gerry, a four-year-old, says, im a fireman putting out the fire! as he holds his grandpas cane like a firehose. gerry is engagin

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Gerry, a four-year-old, says, im a fireman putting out the fire! as he holds his grandpas cane like a firehose. gerry is engagin

g in _____ play

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Ivenika [448] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-01T09:22:10+03:00

In this situation, Gerry is engaging in Symbolic play. Symbolic play is the ability of a child to use objects to represent another object (i.e. Gerry using his cane as a fire hose). Symbolic play is not limited to just objects representing other objects. A child can also use actions and ideas to represent other action or idea.

At around pre-school age, (3-5) children become more creative and imaginative and are able to associate roles with certain actions like how Gerry says he is a fireman as he does the gesture of putting out fire.