Types of Play



Types of Play

|Type of Play |Age Level |Example |

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|Cognitive Play | | |

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|Sensorimotor |Infants & |Stacking and unstacking rings on a pole |

| |Toddlers | |

| |Preschoolers & |Repeating a pattern while stringing beads |

| |Kindergartners | |

| |School-age Children |Practicing jump-rope skills and rhymes |

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|Symbolic |Infants & Toddlers |Pretending to drink from a toy cup |

| |Preschoolers & |Pretending to rescue people from a burning building |

| |Kindergartners | |

| |School-age |Using secret codes or made-up languages to communicate |

| |Children | |

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|Constructive |Preschoolers & |Constructing a plane from a building set |

| |Kindergartners | |

| |School-age |Creating sets for a story reenactment |

| |Children | |

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|Games with Rules |Infants & |Playing peek-a-boo |

| |Toddlers | |

| |Preschoolers & |Playing simple singing and circle games |

| |Kindergartners | |

| |School-age |Playing card games, board games, and group games |

| |Children | |

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|Social Play | | |

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|Onlooker |Infants & Toddlers |Watching another paint at an easel |

| |Preschoolers & |Watching an ongoing play group before deciding to enter |

| |Kindergartners | |

| |School-age |Watching a group game before participating |

| |Children | |

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|Solitary |Infants & Toddlers |Playing alone and showing no interest in others |

| |Preschoolers & |Playing with own toys |

| |Kindergartners | |

| |School-age |Choosing to play alone for privacy or to think about how to elaborate |

| |Children |a play theme |

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|Parallel |Infants & Toddlers |Playing nearby others with little or no interaction |

| |Preschoolers & | |

| |Kindergartners |Using shared toys but not sharing toys |

| |School-age |Using own materials but aware of others using the same materials |

| |Children | |

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|Associative |Infants & Toddlers Preschoolers & |Playing in the same area with the same materials but for different |

| |Kindergartners School-age |purposes and different needs |

| |Children | |

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|Cooperative |Older Preschoolers and School-age |Building an airport and deciding how to get there; what to see; and |

| |Children |how to build a lounge, air-traffic control tower, hangar, and parking |

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