Types of Play (Child Development)

What is 'Dramatic Play'?

• A form of play where children build structures

• A form of play in which a single child imitates another person or acts out a situation

• A form of play involving musical instruments

• A form of play that involves physical exercise.

What does socio-dramatic play involve?

• Several children imitating others and acting out situations together

• Playing alone

• Watching TV

• Reading books

Socio-dramatic play begins around age ____.

• 3.

• 2.

• 4.

• 5.

What is personification?

• Giving human traits to nonliving objects

• A type of poem that tells a story.

• A literary device used to create suspense.

• A method of argumentation in essays.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• Walking around, looking around, playing with fingers, hair, etc.

• Talking to dolls as if they were real and can hear/speak

• Making a doll cry because you are sad

• Child talks to others playing, but does not become involved

What is the term for placing feelings and emotions one feels onto another person or object?

• A) Projection

• B) Reflection

• C) Deflection

• D) Personification

Fill in the blank: Playing ______, store, school.

• pretend

• games

• music

• sports

Another word to describe Dramatic Play/Socio-dramatic play is ______.

What is 'Onlooker Behavior'?

• child’s interests keep shifting to anything that interests him/her (toddler behavior)

• The child wants to be close enough to interact with the children who are playing

• Child watches other children playing

• Child may talk to others playing, but does not become involved

In 'Onlooker Behavior', the child becomes involved in the play.

• True

• False