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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 164S88.2.7 Small World Play or %u2018play with miniatures%u2019(ELB. 91, Slide 235)%u2022 Explain what is meant by %u2018Small World Play%u2019 resources.%u2022 Around 18 months the child begins to recognise miniature/Small World toys. %u2022 Show the miniature or Small World brush and demonstrate brushing a Small World Ted%u2019s hair with it.8.2.8 The link between Small World Play and language development(Slide 236)%u2022 Explain the importance of this in terms of Symbolic Understanding.%u2022 The child realises that one object (a miniature brush) can stand for another (a real brush) just as a word can stand for/represent an object. %u2022 This suggests that not only has the child stored information about the concept/idea of an object e.g. a brush, but now he has acquired the critical level of abstractness/Symbolic Understanding to develop language and thinking.%u2022 His mind is now ready to create new puzzle frameworks/concepts for objects, actions and other experiences really quickly and efficiently and so he learns vocabulary at a rapid rate.