Play Flashcards
Exploratory Play
birth - 10 months
0-3: visual interest
4-5: shaking and banging
6m: object exploration mouthing (*sitting up, babbling)
Cause and Effect
8-10m
child knows if they do something, something else will happen
ex. push button, sound will play
*crawling
Relational Play
8/10-12m
child understands how things relate to one another
ex. put things in container and then take out, take things apart and reattach, puzzles
single functional play scheme
12-18m
child does something functional once (its intended purpose), not combined
ex. open present, stack block, throw ball, drink cup, push car
**first word, representational gestures
combination play schemes
18-24m
2 simple schemes together, must be functional
ex. stack block and knock down, open basket and pretend eat food, push car and crash them
*two word combinations
constructive play
24m
use materials to build things
goal oriented play
ex. build tower with bricks, play dough
symbolic play
18/24-30m
using objects as symbols for something else
ex. banana as telephone
*emblem gestures
mini toy play
30m
playing with little people
*verbs and other word classes develop
dramatic play
3-5 years
elaborate story telling, pretend situation
ex. dress up
*cooperative play
*increased MLU and narrative abilities
game play
5yrs
play game w rules
perspective taking and sequencing
solitary play
birth-2
child plays alone
onlooker play
any age
child is an observer
questions but does not engage
parallel play
2-3 years
children play side by side, but with no interaction
joint engagement
associative play
3.5-4.5 years
children interested in other people, but not playing together
will share markers, but work separately
cooperative play
4-5 years
children share toys and play together
interest in people and activity
*dramatic play