Types of Play
This broad category incorporates many other play types and is rich with language, problem-solving, and imagination. It frequently begins with "Let's Pretend" and goes on to include anything children might have experienced or imagined.
What is Make-Believe Play?
Ability to recognize, express, and manage feelings at different stages of life.
What is Emotional Development?
Play is group and teamwork based. The child interacts with both other children and the activity.
What is Cooperative Play?
The main concern is safety
What Is The Main Concern Involving Play?
Children integrate all forms of art into their play, using whatever materials are at hand to draw, model, create music, perform puppet shows, and so on.
What is Playing with the Arts?
Process by which a child learns to interact with others around him/her.
What is Social Development?
Children play together, but they are not focused on a specific goal. Interested more in the other children than in the actual activity.
What is Associative Play?
The recommended time is 30-60 minutes.
What is the recommended time of play kids need?
Play with small toys and activities like stringing beads, playing with puzzles, and sorting object into types; develops dexterity.
What is Small-Motor Play?
Construction of thought process including remembering, problem solving, and decision making.
What is Cognitive Development?
Children play side by side, but there is a lack of group involvement. The children will play with similar toys and mimic each other.
What is Parallel Play?
The disadvantages are they reduce the amount of play and maturity of play.
What are the disadvantages of shorter time of play?
Children extend their abilities through risky play and learn to master challenging environments.
What is Risk-Taking Play?
Skills involving large muscles of the body.
What is Gross-Motor Development?
A child observes others playing, but does not join the play. The child may make conversation or ask questions about the play.
What is Onlooker Play?
The kids become more involved in more complex activities and begin to play more productively.
What prompts extra play time?
Children often repeat an action in play and preserve until they master it.
What is Mastery Play?
Coordination of small muscles in movement.
What is Fine-Motor Development?
The child will play alone, often uninterested in others around them.
What is Solitary Play?
The teachers are the facilitators.
What is the teachers role in play?