Week 1- Children's Play

Question 1

What does play help teach children?

Answer 1

Motricity and coordination, understanding cause and effect, participating in society, dealing with internal (self) and external conflict and emotions, problem-solving.

Question 2

What are the types of play?

Answer 2

Sensorimotor play, Social contingency play, Symbolic play,

Question 3

What is sensorimotor play?

Answer 3

A type of play that revolves largely around the engagement of a child’s senses.

Question 4

What is social contingency play?

Answer 4

At type of play that involves child interacting with caregiver where reaction from both parties s required, such as peek-a-boo

Question 5

What is symbolic play?

Answer 5

Nonliteral use of objects or actions to recreate experiences, for example if a child uses a banana as a phone, and the child understands that the banana is not actually a phone.