Symbolic Play Examples

Symbolic Play Examples

Using a cardboard box as a house, spaceship, or dump truck

Pretending that a jump rope is a snake as the child lays it on the ground and makes it slither

Drawing three stick figures on paper and saying it’s a drawing of the family having dinner

Shaping a sheet of black paper into a cone and wearing it as a wizard’s hat

Putting a block of wood next to their ear and pretending to talk on the phone like mom and dad

Saying that a yellow cup is mango juice and a green cup is kiwi juice

Making a “bang” sound when two kids smash their toy cars together

Sitting around a small table with playmates and sipping tea from small wooden letter blocks

Using a straw as a sword

Making the sounds of a siren while pretending to drive a fire- engine