It may not seem like a milestone, but if your toddler snaps your photo with a wooden block (it’s a camera, silly!) or bundles her bear into a blanket, she’s made an important development leap. Engaging in pretend play (also called symbolic play, imaginative play, dramatic play, or good old make-believe) means your toddler understands that she can choose one object (the block) to represent another (a camera just like Mommy’s). That’s a big concept, and a valuable one. Just think: Numbers and letters work the same way, with unique squiggles and shapes standing in for concepts of number and language.
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