Types of Play

Name the type of play:

Lyle & his brother are playing a board game. They are following the agreed-upon rules and are playing cooperatively.

• Constructive

• Games

• Pretense/Symbolic

• Sensorimotor

Name the type of play:

Jimmy is playing in the sand at the beach. He is exploring the environment and using repetitive movements, such as scooping the sand into buckets and dumping it out.

• Sensorimotor

• Games

• Pretense/Symbolic

• Constructive

Name the type of play:

Three-year-old Jane is playing with blocks. She is stacking the blocks into tall towers to build a castle.

• Pretense/Symbolic

• Games

• Constructive

• Sensorimotor

Name the type of play:

A group of children are playing soccer on the playground. The children are following the rules of the sport and working in teams.

• Pretense/Symbolic

• Sensorimotor

• Constructive

• Games

Name the type of play:

Polly and her friends are playing "circus" using hula hoops. They are pretending to be circus animals and performers as they jump through the circus hoops.

• Sensorimotor

• Constructive

• Games

• Pretense/Symbolic