Castles provide a wonderful gateway for imaginary play. Using the simplest of resources, children can create exciting new worlds full of knights, dragons, kings and queens. They make up stories for their new characters, practising essential narrative skills and descriptive language. Often there are strong links with home life, whether it is a favourite fairytale book or a popular film such as Disney's 'Tangled'. Providing a collection of resources for small-world play, such as castles and knights, and role play costumes and accessories, will support this form of fantasy play.
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Resources that enable children to re-enact fantasy play scenarios should feature in your continuous (everyday) provision. By acting out narratives involving knights, witches or superheroes, young children are exploring important issues such as good and evil, life and death, what it means to be powerful and how to make people safe.
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