{"h1":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 600–700: Your Next Steps","faq":[{"a":"No. This band reflects emerging, developing pretend-play skills, and it responds very well to gentle, play-based support. It is a direction for building skills, not a diagnosis, and any clinical interpretation is made only by a qualified clinician at a Pinnacle Blooms Network centre.","q":"Does a Pretend-Play score of 600–700 mean something is wrong?"},{"a":"Follow your child's lead, join their play, and narrate what is happening. Gently add one new idea at a time — feeding a doll, pretending a block is a phone — to stretch the story. Pairing play with talking and turn-taking helps it grow naturally.","q":"How can I help my child's pretend-play at home?"},{"a":"A clinician check is a sensible next step so the score can be read alongside your child's language, social and play development, giving you a clear and reassuring plan. Book sooner if pretend-play is very limited or has slowed or stopped.","q":"Should I book an assessment if the score is in this band?"}],"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 600–700: Your Next Steps","entity":{"key":"pretend-play-toddler","kind":"ability","name":"Pretend-Play","slug":null},"lenses":[{"kind":"stakeholder","label":"Parent","value":"parent"},{"kind":"domain","label":"Social","value":"social"},{"kind":"intent","label":"Support","value":"support"},{"kind":"lifecycle","label":"Measure","value":"measure"},{"kind":"route","label":"Book-Assessment","value":"book-assessment"},{"kind":"score_band","label":"As 600 700","value":"as_600_700"},{"kind":"empowerment","label":"Self Sufficiency","value":"self_sufficiency"}],"parent":{"key":"abilities","label":"Abilities"},"related":[{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-900-1000-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 900–1000 — What Are the Next Steps?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-500-600-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 500–600 — Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-400-500-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 400–500: Your Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 300–400 — Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-200-300-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 200–300: Your Next Steps"},{"lang":"en","slug":"my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-0-100-what-are-the-next-steps","title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore: Next Steps for Your Child"}],"summary":"A Pretend-Play AbilityScore in the 600–700 band reflects emerging, developing pretend-play skills that respond well to gentle, play-based support. The next steps are to confirm the picture with a qualified clinician, build on the play your child already enjoys, and pair pretend-play with language and social goals. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","answer_md":"*A Pretend-Play score in this band tells you your child is already weaving little stories — and now you know exactly how to help that imagination grow.*\n\n## In short\nA Pretend-Play AbilityScore in the **600–700 band** means your child is showing emerging, developing pretend-play skills — things like feeding a doll, making a toy car \"go\", or copying everyday actions. This is a band that responds beautifully to gentle, playful support, so the next step is a clinician-guided plan that builds on what your child can already do, rather than a cause for worry. With warm, everyday play and the right encouragement, most children steadily extend their pretend-play into richer, more imaginative stories.\n\n## What this band means and where to go next\nPretend-play — feeding a teddy, pretending a block is a phone, acting out \"shopping\" — is one of the clearest windows into a child's **social imagination, language and flexible thinking**. A score in this range suggests the building blocks are present and growing, and that targeted, play-based support can help them flourish.\n\nGood next steps:\n- **Confirm the picture with a clinician.** A single ability band is one piece of a much bigger story. A qualified clinician reads it alongside language, social and play development to give you a clear, calm direction.\n- **Build on the play your child already enjoys.** Follow their lead — join in, narrate what's happening, and gently add one new idea (\"shall teddy have a drink now?\") to stretch the story.\n- **Pair pretend-play with language and social goals.** Pretend-play, talking and turn-taking grow together, so a plan often weaves them into the same playful sessions.\n- **Coach the everyday.** Small, repeatable play routines at home and at nursery turn ordinary moments into rich practice.\n\n## When to seek a fuller check\nBook a developmental check sooner if your child shows very little spontaneous pretend-play, prefers to line up or spin objects rather than use them in play, rarely imitates everyday actions, or if pretend-play has noticeably slowed or stopped. These are reasons to look more closely with a clinician — not to worry alone.\n\n## The Pinnacle way\nAbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional — never from an app or a number alone. Understand how your child's profile is built in [what the AbilityScore is and how it is calculated](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated), explore how play and social communication are nurtured through our [speech and language therapy](https://www.pinnacleblooms.org/top-speech-therapy-center-india-proven-improvement-rate), and start from our [home page](/) to find a centre near you. Backed by 2.5 billion+ data points and 25 million+ therapy sessions, support is shaped around your individual child.\n\n## Trusted sources\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org) guidance on play and early development; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association guidance on play, language and social communication; WHO Nurturing Care framework on responsive, play-rich early childhood.\n\n**Next step —** Want a clear, reassuring plan for your child's pretend-play? [Book an assessment with a Pinnacle clinician](https://www.pinnacleblooms.org/top-speech-therapy-center-india-proven-improvement-rate).\n\nThis is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","canonical":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","editorial":{"reviewed_at":"2026-06-11T20:12:18.613642+00:00","reviewed_by":null,"developed_by":"SETU Consortium · Pinnacle Blooms Network"},"alternates":[{"href":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-600-700-what-are-the-next-steps","lang":"en","indexable":true}],"dimensions":[{"key":"abilities","label":"Abilities"}],"meta_title":"Pretend-Play AbilityScore 600–700: Next Steps","meta_robots":"index, follow, max-image-preview:large","everyday_tip":"Follow your child's lead in play — join in, narrate what's happening, and gently add one new idea, such as 'shall 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