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Blend Images / Getty Images Walk into any preschool and you’ll find toddling superheroes battling imaginary monsters. We take it for granted that young children play and, especially, pretend.

Can you picture your child thriving here ... And both need plenty of opportunity for active and imaginative play. “When you visit a preschool, look carefully at what kinds of play are allowed ...

Some solitary play is perfectly OK for preschool-aged children. In fact ... materials but don’t communicate to create a unified picture or necessarily comment on what others are drawing.