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Power of Play
OBJECTIVES• Define both the types and categories
of play that are directly related to infant and toddler learning.
• Describe the adult role as a facilitator of children’s play.
• List the ways in which the environment and interest areas support an infant/toddler’s play and development in these domains: emotional, social, motor, language and cognitive.
TYPES OF PLAY• Parallel Play
• Associative Play
• Cooperative Play
• Unoccupied Behavior
• Onlooker Play
• Solitary Play
FUNCTIONAL• Categories of Play-Functional
o 1st 2 years of lifeo Interactions w/objects, people and
languageo EXAMPLE: Babies explore o EXAMPLE: Toddlers climb
SYMBOLIC• Categories of Play-Symbolic
o Constructive Play• Use materials• EXAMPLE: “My House”
o Dramatic Play• Imaginary roles• EXAMPLE: “Hello!”
PIAGETACCOMMODATIONASSIMILATION
VYGOTSKYZone of Proximal Development
Vygotsky QuotePlay is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation as well as promoting language,
cognition and social competence. ~Lev Vygotsky
PLAY IMPORTANCE• Self-regulation
• Brain development
• Foundational skills
• Social and moral
• Emotional
• All development
• Active/interactive
• Opportunities
• Differences
• Repetition
Rogers QuotePlay gives children a
chance to practice what they are learning.
~Fred Rogers
ADULT ROLE• Safety
• Problem solving
• Scaffolding
• Observing
• Step back
• Intervention
• Time, space, materials
• Not interrupting
Plato QuoteYou can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
~Plato
SCENARIOS
ENVIRONMENT• Spacing• Touchable• Fine and gross motor• Soft and hard• Unique combinations• Amount and choices
COZY/BOOK• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
MANIPULATIVES• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
DRAMA• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
BLOCKS• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
ART• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
SENSORY/SCIENCE• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
MUSIC• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
INDOOR/ACTIVE• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
OUTDOOR/ACTIVE• EMOTIONAL• SOCIAL• MOTOR• LANGUAGE• COGNITIVE
Ackerman QuotePlay is our brain’s
favorite way of learning.
~ Diane Ackerman
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