T1-Play Flashcards
What is play?
A child’s work
Play is the way children ___
Learn
Play is how children practice ____
Living
What are the 6 types of content of play?
- Social affective play
- Sense pleasure play
- Skill play
- Unoccupied behavior
- Dramatic play
- Games
What is social affective play?
Infant gets pleasure from relationships with people (content of play)
What is sense-pleasure play?
Nonsocial; enjoys having senses stimulated (content of play)
What is skill play?
Repeating actions over and over to perfect skill (content of play)
What is unoccupied behavior?
Not an active process; focuses momentarily on anything that catches interest-day dreaming, tapping rhythms (content of play)
What is dramatic play? When does it begin? What age does this a lot?
Pretending (content of play)
1 year–begins with familiar activities and gets very complex as child matures
Predominant form of PRESCHOOLERS
What are games?
All cultures have them (content of play)
Are preschoolers usually completive in games (content of play)?
No–unless simple board games–they HATE TO LOOSE..they will cheat or change the rules
Competitive games are the domain of ___ & ____
School age children & adolescents
What are the 5 social characteristics of play?
- Onlooker
- Solitary
- Parallel
- Associative play
- Cooperative play
What is onlooker play?
Watches what others do; does not get involved. Ex: TV (social characteristics of play)
What is solitary play? What age?
Plays alone with toys different from other children in same area (social characteristic of play)
What is parallel play? What age?
- Plays with toys similar to those of other children in the area–plays alone, plays beside but NOT WITH; not influnced by other children
- Toddlers
(social characteristics of play)
What is associative play? What age?
Play together in similar or identical activity but no organization or leadership; Preschool
(social characteristic of play)
May borrow or lend toys; may imitate others behaviors
Associateve play (social characteristics of play)
What is cooperative play? What age?
Plays with group in organized fashion; planning to accomplish a goal
School age
Social characteristics of play
What are the 7 functions of play?
- Sensorimotor development
- Intellectual development
- Socialization
- Creativity
- Self-awarness
- Therapeutic Value
- Moral value
Functions of play: What is sensorimotor development?
Active for muscle development and releases extra energy
Functions of play: What is intellectual development?
Learn concepts such as colors, numbers, and spatial relationships