Types of Play & Physical Activity Quiz

What type of play involves manipulating one or more elements of the play environment to construct something new or manipulating multiple objects and materials to explore how they go together?

• Dramatic play

• Construction play

• Large-motor play

• Rough-and-tumble play

Which type of play involves chasing, wrestling, spinning, and playfighting?

• Mastery play

• Role play

• Rough-and-tumble play

• Exploration play

What type of play involves exploring movements and ways to combine movements such as running, climbing, sliding, dancing, and jumping?

• Large-motor play

• Small-motor play

• Symbolic play

• Social play

Which type of play involves re-enacting everyday activities or situations that the child has observed?

• Role play

• Dramatic play

• Exploration play

• Recapitulative play

What type of play involves using physical skills and sensations to learn about materials and their properties?

• Symbolic play

• Digital play

• Exploration play

• Mastery play

Which type of play involves playing with sounds, words, nuances, and gestures?

• Social play

• Small-motor play

• Socio-dramatic play

• Communication play

What type of play involves enacting real and potential experiences of an intense personal, social, domestic, or interpersonal nature?

• Role play

• Socio-dramatic play

• Recapitulative play

• Social play

Which type of play involves developing, practicing, and refining small motor skills?

• Mastery play

• Symbolic play

• Small-motor play

• Digital play

What type of play involves using an object at hand and converting it into the toy or prop needed through a fluid process of fantasy or imagination?

• Recapitulative play

• Symbolic play

• Mastery play

• Digital play

What type of play involves purposeful play or enjoyment of an activity that facilitates the mastery of a specific skill?

• Socio-dramatic play

• Recapitulative play

• Digital play

• Mastery play