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1. THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY

2. PHYSICAL: PLAYING TAG,
SWINGING, ETC.
 Helps develop muscles
 Develop large motor skills
 Burn up energy
 Improve coordination

3. INTELLECTUAL: CAN TEACH ABOUT THEIR
ENVIRONMENT
 Shapes, sizes, numbers
 Math
 Reading: letters, words, numbers
 Pretend play encourages creativity

4. EMOTIONAL: INITIATE A GAME,
MAKE SOMETHING TOGETHER
 Develop self esteem
 Nurture children

5. SOCIAL: CAN MAKE AND
MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS
 Playing board games may help social skills
 Taking turns
 Sharing
 Cooperating and communicating

6. MORAL: LEARN HOW THEIR
ACTIONS AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE
 Make believe lets kids test values
 Understand consequences of their actions

7. TYPES OF PLAY
 Active play: activities that are primarily physical
and use large motor skills
 Example: jungle gym, tricycle, chase

8. COOPERATIVE PLAY
 Plays with another person
 Usually 2 at a time

9. GROUP PLAY
 Plays with 3 or more people

10. PARALLEL PLAY
 Plays beside but not with other child
 18 months to 3 years old
 Watches/ignores others
 May grab toys away

11. TYPES OF PLAY
 Quiet play: activities that engage the mind
and small motor skills and do not call for
much movement
 Examples: reading a book, playing with clay,
playing with dolls or action figures

12. TYPES OF PLAY
 Passive Play: is passive or non-interactive,
meaning there is no interaction with anyone
or anything.
 Sometimes a child needs passive play when they
are tired, angry, watching TV, privacy.
 Children should be limited in the amount of
passive play they are allowed to have.
 Parents should try to interact with child to
encourage them to be more involved in another
activity.

13. SOLITARY PLAY
 Plays alone
 Child is too self-centered and egotistical

14. TYPES OF PLAY
 Dramatic or Make Believe Play
 Allows child to be imaginative and creative
 Allows child to express themselves emotionally
 Allows children to work together, cooperation,
problem solving
 Important to child’s development because it
helps them learn what’s appropriate in social
interactions, and what behaviors are
appropriate

15. TYPES OF PLAY
 Skill Mastery Play- is a type of play that occurs
when a child is learning a new skill.
 Child will repeat skill over and over, and will engage in this
type of play for hours
 Riding a bike, skating, rolling down a hill, etc.
 Several developmental processes take place with skill
mastery:
 First, the child is mastering or perfecting a skill.
 Secondly, as the child is in the process of mastering
the skill, he/she recognizes his/her progress and feels
a sense of accomplishment. This builds self-esteem.

16. TYPES OF PLAY
 Sensory Motor Play- uses the sense and
motor skills
 Through sensory play children learn important
concepts about math and science
 Child playing with textural matter, pouring it, mixing
it, feeling it
 Play Dough, clay, sand, rice, corn meal, beans, etc.

17. TYPES OF PLAY
 Rough and tumble play: physical play, often
looks like wrestling or fighting.
 You know they are not fighting because their
faces are happy and their voices are pleasant.
 Rough-and-tumble play allows for a great release
of energy as well as physical and social
development.

18. MAKING THE MOST OUT OF
PLAY:
 If children are doing something that is unsafe,
distract them—get them interested in something
else
 Facilitate play: help bring about play without
controlling what the child does

19.  Handle competition: emphasize the fun of the
game, not who wins or loses
 Reading books: choose stories that are
appropriate for a child’s age. Let kids look at
pictures.