An activity that is fun, spontaneous and open-ended
What is play?
100
Play!
What stimulates healthy brain development?
100
Matching, classifying, sorting by shape and size. Provides the foundation for logical mathematical thinking, scientific reasoning, visual memory and cognitive problem solving.
What is Playing with blocks
100
Too much starting at an early age (e.g. cartoons, computers, DVDs)...try to turn it off!
What is screen time?
200
Babies respond to _____ more positively than to objects
What is people.
200
imagination
What is the main requirement for play?
200
Increased language, physical, social/emotional, and cognitive development
What part of development does play help?
200
Uses symbols to represent ideas. The first step to learning to read and write.
What is drawing pictures?
200
Use "I Spy" in the car, picnic together, bake or cook together, of grocery shopping games
What is build play into everyday activities?
300
"Screen time," not enough time (too many scheduled activities and not enough down time), increased attention to only academics or enrichment activities, thinking that children "play" naturally on their own.
What are two reasons why some parents and children don't play?
300
Outdoor, 'rough and tumble,' pretend and solitary play.
What are some different types of play?
300
Helps motor skills, fine motor skills, agility, coordination and balance
What is Active play?
300
Improved hand-eye coordination, needed for learning to write.
What is stringing beads together.
300
Use during bedtime routines, silly voices and look at pictures.
What is reading a book
400
Provide appropriate play materials, structure environment to encourage play, and introduce new types of play when developmentally appropriate
What is how parents can support play?
400
We can play to learn, but we don't have to _____ to play
What is learn?
400
Exploring, creating, imagining, and figuring things out.
What is how do children learn about the world they live in?
400
Developing an understanding of cause and effect.
What is mixing two colors together and painting?
400
The most important thing you can do is?
What is give attention to your child...children need presence not presents!
500
Everytime you interact with your child.
What is a teachable moment?
500
Onlooker play, parallel play, solitary play
What is types of play that can be of little value to children.
500
Early learning and future success in life.
What is play a predictor for?
500
Improving language skills, social skills,and social expectations...especially empathy.