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Play helps children to understand their world. A child can pretend to be an astronaut without ever leaving the ground, or they can pretend to be a doctor before they have started elementary school. Play helps children. A child who plays with another child or with an will use language to craft a shared, imaginary world. Delayed play skills may be a red flag that a child may also have delayed language skills. Children typically say their first word at about one year of age. Before then, they ‘practice’ language when they watch others speak and when they babble. A one-year-old is likely to understand more than they say, and they may be able to respond to a simple request such as, “bring me your shoe.” That same one year old is starting to realize that objects they can’t see still exist. In other words, they may be able to retrieve those shoes even if they are out of sight, in another room.