Play

Which of the following is NOT a type of play described in the text?

• Sensorimotor play

• Object play

• Language play

• Strategy play

What is Social Contingency Play?

• play is when children enjoy others’ responses based on their own behavior like peek-a-boo.

• involves exploring sensory properties of objects or the body, like sucking or

  banging blocks.

• involves constructing or manipulating objects, like building with Legos or pouring

  water

• when children play with sounds, words, or phrases, like rhyming or role-

  playing conversations.

What is Sensorimotor Play?

• play is when children enjoy others’ responses based on their own behavior like peek-a-boo.

• involves exploring sensory properties of objects or the body, like sucking or

  banging blocks.

• involves constructing or manipulating objects, like building with Legos or pouring

  water

• when children play with sounds, words, or phrases, like rhyming or role-

  playing conversations.

What is Object Play?

• play is when children enjoy others’ responses based on their own behavior like peek-a-boo.

• involves exploring sensory properties of objects or the body, like sucking or

  banging blocks.

• involves constructing or manipulating objects, like building with Legos or pouring

  water

• when children play with sounds, words, or phrases, like rhyming or role-

  playing conversations.

What is Language Play?

• play is when children enjoy others’ responses based on their own behavior like peek-a-boo.

• involves exploring sensory properties of objects or the body, like sucking or

  banging blocks.

• involves constructing or manipulating objects, like building with Legos or pouring

  water

• when children play with sounds, words, or phrases, like rhyming or role-

  playing conversations.

What is Physical Activity Play?

• play includes gross motor actions like running, jumping, and rough-and-tumble

  wrestling.

• involves exploring sensory properties of objects or the body, like sucking or

  banging blocks.

• involves constructing or manipulating objects, like building with Legos or pouring

  water

• when children play with sounds, words, or phrases, like rhyming or role-

  playing conversations.

What is Fantasy or Pretend Play?

• play includes gross motor actions like running, jumping, and rough-and-tumble

  wrestling.

• involves using objects or actions in a nonliteral way, like pretending a block is a

  cake.

• involves constructing or manipulating objects, like building with Legos or pouring

  water

• when children play with sounds, words, or phrases, like rhyming or role-

  playing conversations.

What are Froebel’s Gifts and Occupations?

• wooden blocks; occupations include open-ended activities like using clay,

  sand, and paper folding.

• (like a stick as a horse) lets children separate real objects from imaginary meaning,

  freeing creativity.

• Children adapt reality to their existing schemas during play, acting out familiar behaviors.

• Play strengthens existing skills and boosts confidence, avoiding real-world failure because

  fantasy has no strict goals.

What is the role of the substitute object (pivot)

• wooden blocks; occupations include open-ended activities like using clay,

  sand, and paper folding.

• (like a stick as a horse) lets children separate real objects from imaginary meaning,

  freeing creativity.

• Children adapt reality to their existing schemas during play, acting out familiar behaviors.

• Play strengthens existing skills and boosts confidence, avoiding real-world failure because

  fantasy has no strict goals.

What does "primacy of assimilation over accommodation" in play mean?

• wooden blocks; occupations include open-ended activities like using clay,

  sand, and paper folding.

• (like a stick as a horse) lets children separate real objects from imaginary meaning,

  freeing creativity.

• Children adapt reality to their existing schemas during play, acting out familiar behaviors.

• Play strengthens existing skills and boosts confidence, avoiding real-world failure because

  fantasy has no strict goals.