Westby's Stages of Play Flashcards
1
Q
What is the age range for Stage I?
A
9-12months
2
Q
What happens in Stage I of Play?
A
- Awareness that objects exist when not seen; finds toys hidden under scarf
- Means-end behavior – Crawls or walks to get what he wants; pulls string toys
- Does not mouth or bang all toys – some us appropriately
3
Q
What is the age range for Stage II?
A
13 - 17 months
4
Q
What happens in Stage II?
A
- Purposeful exploration of toys; discovers operation of toys through trial and error; uses variety of motoric schemas.
5
Q
What is the age range for Stage III?
A
17 - 10 months (That is what it saying in the handout)
6
Q
What happens in Stage III?
A
- Autosymbolic play (Pretending to do or be someone_
- Uses most common objects and toys appropriately
- Tool-use (uses a stick to reach a toy)
- Finds toys invisibly hidden (When placed in a box and box emptied under scarf)
7
Q
What is the age range for Stage IV?
A
19 - 22 months
8
Q
What happens in Stage IV??
A
- Symbolic play extends beyond the child’s self
- Plays with dolls: brushes hair, feeds doll, covers doll with a blanket
- Child performs pretend activities on more than one person or object
- Combines two toys in pretend plan (Playing kitchen)
9
Q
What is the age for Stage V?
A
24 months
10
Q
What happens in Stage V?
A
- Re-presents daily experiences; plays house (is the mommy, daddy or baby); objects used are realistic and close to life size
- Events short and isolated; no true sequences; come self-limiting sequences (puts food in a pan, stirs and eats)
- Block play consists of stacking and knocking down
- Sand and water play consists of filling, pouring, and dumping
11
Q
What is the age for Stage VI?
A
2 1/2 years old
12
Q
What happens in Stage VI?
A
- Represents events less frequently experienced or observed, particularly impressive or traumatic events :Doctor-nurse- sick child; Teacher-child; Store-shopping.
- Events still short & isolated. Realistic props still required. Roles shift quickly.
13
Q
What is the age for Stage VII?
A
-3 years old
14
Q
What happens in Stage VII?
A
- Continues pretend activities of Stages V & VI, but now the play has sequence.
- Events are not isolated – The sequence evolves, it isn’t planned…..Example: Child mixes cake, bakes it, serves it, washes the dishes
- Compensatory toy – reenactment of experienced events with new outcomes
- Associative play
15
Q
What is the age range of Stage VIII?
A
- 3 to 3 & 1/2 years old
16
Q
What happens in Stage VIII?
A
- Carries out play activities of previous stages with a doll house and Fisher-Price toys
- Uses blocks and sandbox for imaginative play; primarily as enclosures like a fence for animals or dolls
- Play not totally stimulus bound: Ch uses one object to represent another.
- Uses doll or puppet as participant in play
17
Q
What is the Age for Stage IX?
A
3 & 1/2 to 4 yrs old
18
Q
What happens in Stage IX?
A
- Begins to problem-solve events not experienced.
- Plan ahead – Hypothesizes “What would happen if..”
- Uses dolls and puppets to act out scenes
- Builds 3-dimensional structures with blocks which are attempts at reproducing specific structures child has seen.
19
Q
What is the age for Stage X?
A
5 years old
20
Q
What happens in Stage X?
A
- Plans a sequence of pretend events
- Organizes what he needs – both objects and other children
- Coordinates more than one event occurring at a time
- Highly imaginative. Sets the scene without realistic props
- Full cooperative play
