This document discusses the importance and benefits of play for children's development. It outlines how play helps children develop physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially. The document also describes different types of play including active, quiet, cooperative, solitary, dramatic or pretend, skill mastery, sensory motor, and rough and tumble play. Finally, it provides tips for parents on facilitating positive play experiences for children.

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.