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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one 3yr old DD, she goes to a wonderful Montessori school, and we practice many Montessori philosophies at home. We don’t do screens, we do tons of hands on sensory activities, we read so many books( which she loves) and yet my friends 3yr old DD is way better at “playing” then mine. They don’t have screen restrictions, have tons of plastic loud toys, but yet somehow her DD does not jump from one activity to another, and can come up these elaborate play scenarios that my DD can’t follow. I know this has nothing to do with intelligence, I’m just shocked at how creative her child is compared to mine. [/quote]

It has EVERYTHING to do with intelligence. You are slowly realizing not all kids are the same. It can be a painful experience.[/quote]

pretend play is absolutely not related to intelligence. [b] for example, autism and intelligence can be linked, and one of the possible signs of autism is a lack of interest in pretend play.[/b] I don't know why or how, but "pretend play" got an outsized reputation as something really important or meaningful in child development.  it's not.

"Our take-away message is that existing evidence does not support strong causal claims about the unique importance of pretend play for development and that much more and better research is essential for clarifying its possible role."

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-22641-001

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I'm sorry but the autism part of what you are saying has been disproved.  Autism and intelligence are not related. They are independent and statistically there is not a relationship there.

https://www.neurologytimes.com/autism/myth-autism-and-exceptional-intellect

"...studies have not pointed to a structural or functional link in the brain between exceptional intellect and autism."
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