Play is an important part of growing up because it allows a child to learn about the things that surround him while at the same time developing his creativity and using his imagination. Through symbolic play, the child depicts events from everyday life, using symbols. That’s how he relives situations, but this time he choses what role he wants to play. Re-experiencing situations helps the child to understand his own feelings and the feelings of others. As a child grows, his play also changes. The young child will depict situations from everyday life that are well known, using as a symbol an object as similar as possible to the object it represents. The older child will also portray human relationships and use symbols that are not even remotely similar to what they represent. Eventually, the symbol will be absent altogether as the child, when he reaches the highest degree of symbolic play, will be able to imagine the object in his hand. Although play is seen as a children's activity, the involvement of adults is of great importance. Parents and educators, as the people who spend the most time with their children, are responsible for its development all aspects. This includes participation in the game. Adults need to stop believing that play is only for children and only when there is time left for it. If adults understand that symbolic play is an opportunity to learn and a way of getting to know the world, they will create opportunities and situations for play, i.e. learning. Equally important is involvement in the game because in this way the adult enters the world of the child's imagination where he can learn about the child's feelings, fears and attitudes. This paper shows the importance of symbolic play for the development of speech, understanding emotions and learning about the society to which the child belongs, but also all other aspects of the child's development. Since learning takes place best in a natural environment, play is the best way to learn. Educators and parents, by participating in the symbolic play with their knowledge, can bring the game to a higher level while getting to know the child and spending quality time with him. This paper also presents the importance of playing with a doll as a means of connecting the child with the environment. A doll is a great way for a child to talk about his feelings and fears and to get involved in an activity with other children. From all the above, it remains clear that the symbolic play is an activity rich in opportunities to learn and get to know the environment, but also yourself.