Module 5 - Play and Leisure

Question 1

play

Answer 1

• option to participate
• self chosen
• length of participation
• child defines the goals of activity

Question 2

characteristics of the play experience

Answer 2

• intrinsic motivation
• process
• free choice
• enjoyment or pleasure
• spontaneity
• active engagement
• non instrumental
• nonlinearity

Question 3

purpose of play

Answer 3

• foundation for development
• understanding of the function of objects
• creativity in thinking
• develops interaction skills
• develops negotiation skills
• fine and gross motor skills

Question 4

free play

Answer 4

children may choose how they use materials

Question 5

guided play

Answer 5

adult has selected specific materials from which the child must choose in order to discover specific concepts

Question 6

directed play

Answer 6

adult instructs the children how to accomplish a specific task

Question 7

sensory play

Answer 7

learning through senses e.g. textures

Question 8

constructive/manipulative play

Answer 8

building, paper folding, physical activity

Question 9

pretend play

Answer 9

assuming a role

Question 10

exploratory play

Answer 10

• mixing colours
• relationship between shapes
• spatial relations
• numbers and pattens

Question 11

rough and tumble play

Answer 11

mimics aggression but fun

Question 12

levels of social play - unoccupied behaviour

Answer 12

child not play but watching anything of interest

Question 13

levels of social play - onlooker behaviour

Answer 13

child watches other child play

Question 14

levels of social play- solitary play -

Answer 14

children play without regard for what other children around them are doing

Question 15

levels of social play - passive play

Answer 15

children who watch other children play

Question 16

levels of social play - parallel play

Answer 16

play which involves the same materials but play independently

Question 17

levels of social play - associative play

Answer 17

children play together but in a loosely organised fashion no goals or roles

Question 18

levels of social play - cooperative play

Answer 18

each child accepts a designed role and is dependent on others for achieving goals

Question 19

piaget - practice play

Answer 19

children explore the possibilities of materials

Question 20

piaget - symbolic play

Answer 20

children play with toys to represent something else

Question 21

piaget - games with rules

Answer 21

children play according to rules they have made up themselves or have agreed to rules

Question 22

piaget - games of construction

Answer 22

solutions to problems and intelligent creations

Question 23

sociodramatic play

Answer 23

pretend play in which other children act out self created roles and themes e.g. playing house

Question 24

age range of functional play

Answer 24

1-2

Question 25

age range of constructive play

Answer 25

2-5

Question 26

age range of pretend play

Answer 26

2-5

Question 27

age range of parallel play

Answer 27

1-3

Question 28

age range of co-operative play

Answer 28

3+

Question 29

age range of games with rules

Answer 29

5+

Question 30

play epoch 1

Answer 30

sensorimotor age 0-2

Question 31

play epoch 2

Answer 31

symbolic and simple constructive 2-4

Question 32

play epoch 3

Answer 32

dramatic, complex, constructive and pregame 4-7

Question 33

play epoch 4

Answer 33

game 7-12

Question 34

play epoch 5

Answer 34

recreational 12-16

Question 35

leisure

Answer 35

portion of time not directly connected to work - implying freedom and choice

Question 36

recreation

Answer 36

a fusion between play and leisure

Question 37

cyclical time

Answer 37

time is constant and returning

Question 38

mechanical time

Answer 38

time is linear and never returning

Question 39

biological time

Answer 39

time is the rhythm of the living organism

Question 40

social and cultural time

Answer 40

time is set by social and cultural conditions