Types of Play
Name that Theorist
Games as a Social Form of Play-RC
Piaget on Play
100
Children watch others play but do not join
What is Onlooker Play
100
First to link play and culture
Who is Johan Huizinga
100
Not controlled by those who engage in the game
What is games of chance and luck (alea)
100
Interest in thought and reasoning
What is play as assimilation
200
Children play side by side but don't interact
What is Parallel Play
200
Play is a flow or peak of experiences
Who is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
200
Impulse to mimic others
What is pretense and Illusion (mimicry)
200
Games with rules
What is Concrete
300
Children play together in an organized coordinated way
What is Cooperative Play
300
Play is free, secluded and categorized
Who is Roger Callois
300
Engages individuals and groups in test of skill and ingenuity
What is competitive play (agon)
300
Explore world thru senses
What is sensorimotor
400
Children just observe with no joining in
What is Unoccupied Play
400
States play is voluntary
Who is Johan Huizinga
400
Disrupting the stability of the mind
What is risky play (ilinx)
400
Symbolic play and construction
What is Pre operational
500
Children are playing together but not in an organized way
What is Associative Play
500
States during play we lack worry and frustrations of everyday life
Who is Mihaly Csiksgentmihalyi
500
No distinction between reality and pretense
What is Pretense and Illusion (mimicry)
500
Games with reasoning and logic
What is formal