Week 11 Lecture 1

Flashcards about different types and stages of play.

Physical activity/rough-and-tumble play

Simple repetitive gross motor activity with or without an object or others.

Examples of Physical activity/rough-and-tumble play

Banging pot lids, throwing balls, jumping on trampolines, climbing, splashing in water, dancing or riding a bike

Characteristics of physical activity/rough-and-tumble play

Behaviours the infant engaged in with adults or children, were boisterous, unruly, involved gross motor activity, may have involved physical contact and may have been accompanied by positive emotion.

Terms that behaviours in the Physical activity/rough-and-tumble play met the definition of

Functional play, practice play, or rough-and-tumble play.

Joint pretend play

Play behaviours assigned only if the model's behaviour reflected pretend play.

Example of Joint pretend play according to the notes

Putting a doll in a cradle after watching her mother put another doll in a cradle.

Putting a doll in a cradle after watching her mother put another doll in a cradle is an example of…

Imitation of a pretend action.

Cognitive/creative/educational play

Play behaviors assigned if the infant imitated an action with an object designed for educational and learning purposes.

Examples of Cognitive/creative/educational play

Ring stackers, object sorters, puzzles, drawing and painting, books, musical instruments, board games.

Social interaction play

Social interaction songs and games that an infant engaged in with other adults or children with scripted actions.

Examples of Social interaction play

Peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, this little piggy, I'm a little teapot, twinkle twinkle little star, ring-a-ring-o-rosies.

Other object play

Any play behavior that could not be coded into one of the four categories.

What are Physical activity, Joint pretend play, Cognitive play, Social interaction play, and other object play?

Mutually exclusive categories assigned to behaviours in the play category.

What are the six stages of play according to Mildred Parten?

Unoccupied Play, Solitary Play, Spectator/Onlooker Play, Parallel Play, Associative Play, Cooperative/ Social Play

Unoccupied Play age

0-3 months

Solitary Play age

0-2 years

Spectator/ Onlooker Play age

~2 years

Parallel Play age

~2 years

Associative Play age

~3 – 4 years

Cooperative/ Social Play age

~4+ years

What stages did Jean Piaget define?

Sensorimotor stage, Symbolic Play, Pre-operational stage, Games with rules

Sensorimotor stage age

0 – 2

Example of Functional Play

“Laurent at just under 3 months old repeatedly threw his head back and observed the world from this new angle, smiling and sometimes laughing as he did so”

Which type of play does Sensorimotor stage include according to the notes

Functional Play

Example of Symbolic Play

“at 19 months, Lucienne pretended to drink out of an empty box and then held it to the mouths of all who were present”

According to Vygotsky, In play…

a child is always above his average age, above his daily behaviour

Play is equal to…

sociodramatic or make-believe play

According to Vygotsky, play…

contains all developmental tendencies in a condensed form

According to Vygotsky, in play the child is…

trying to jump above the level of his normal behaviour.

Year of Vygotsky's writing

1934/78