Giocare, narrare, agire: il loro effetto sullo sviluppo cognitivo, linguistico e motorio nei bambini in età prescolare. .

Two groups of preschooler children played with plush toys or construction toys telling and acting stories under the guidance of a psychologist. The aim of the study was to evaluate if the relation between story-telling and -acting im- proved cognitive and motor development of preschooler children respect to a con- trol group. Both experimental groups, regardless the type of toy, improved their non-verbal fluid reasoning competence, narrative abilities and, surprisingly, also imitating hand positions skills. Most interestingly, children who played with con- struction toy have marked improvement in their visuospatial abilities.