Play
The power of
imagination to
transform onself
Play Assignments
 Personal Play Story
 Observation of children at
play
 PLAY STUDY
Reviewhttp://www.thestro
ng.org/about-play/playstudies
 Child Study
 TED Talk
 Blog Post
 Pinterest: Pre K-4
 Playful Learning
http://playfullearning.net/r
esources/
What is Play?
WHAT MAKES A MASTER PLAYER?
Play Strands
 Constructive
 Sensory play
 Playing with materials
 Cooperative
 Parallel
 Associative
 Cooperative
 Sociodramatic
 Developmental
 Incremental
 Transformative
 Individual
Play
Elements
Anticipation
Surprise
Pleasure
Understanding
Strength
Poise
Constructive Play
 Purposeful engagement is necessary to reap the
benefits of play
 Relates to independence
 Initiative and exploration with materials
 Sensory play
 Awareness and knowledge of materials
 Use of tools
 Fine motor development
Constructive Play
Qualities & Attributes
Cooperative Play
Quality and Attributes of Cooperative Play
 Non-social activity is cause for concern at preschool level
 Parallel play – limited social participation
 Children play near each other with similar materials, but do not
influence each other’s behavior
 Associative play –a form of social participation
 Children are engaged in separate activities, but they interact
by exchanging toys and commenting on the other’s behavior
 Cooperative play –true social participation
 Children orient toward a common goal during play such as
acting out a make-believe theme or working on the same
product
 Games with rules
Cooperative Play
Qualities & Attributes
Sociodramatic Play
Quality and Attributes of Sociodramatic Play
 • Mature play (Bodrova & Leong, 2007; 2012)
 plans play
 defined roles
 invent props to fit roles
 immersed in play – extended time frame
 create scenarios
 language use
Play Qualities & Attributes
TED.com
Pick a TED Talks to Watch!
 Stuart Brown
 Sir Ken Robinson
 Tim Brown
 Steve Keil
 Isabel Behncke
 Plan—Think about play in advance of
playing
 Roles children play—Actions, language,
and emotional expressions associated
with a specific role
PRoPELS
Assess and Scaffold
Children’s Make
Believe Play
 Props—Objects (real, symbolic, and
imaginary) children use in play
 Extended time frame—Play that lasts for
long stretches of time: within one play
session or extending over several play
sessions and over several days
 Language—What children say to develop
a scenario or coordinate the actions of
different players, as well as speech
associated with a particular role
 Scenario—What children act out,
including the sequence of scripts and
interactions between roles
Read –Assessing and
Scaffolding Make-Believe Play
ppinciotti.com
Play Research ~ The National Museum of Play
http://www.thestrong.org/about-play/play-studies
Research Groups
1.
The State of Play: Gallup survey of principals on school
recess
2.
Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why children need to play in
school
3.
School recess and group classroom behavior
4.
Children’s pastimes and play in sixteen nations: Is free play
declining?
5.
The importance of play in promoting healthy child
development and maintaining strong parent-child bonds