| A | B |
|---|
| Board,computer, coop or competitive | KG 5-6 years Games w/ Rules |
| Elaborate imaginary play, role play stories on seasons/jobs , reconstructs real wordl | KG 5-6 years Dramatic Play |
| Participates in ball play | KG 5-6 years Sports |
| Organized group activities, goal of winning is primary | KG 5-6 years Social Play |
| Talks, Jokes Peer Play predominates, has preferred friends | Mid Childhood 6-10 Social Play |
| Coop/Competitive Group or Team play w/ importance on skills & winning | Mid Childhood 6-10 Organized Sports |
| Has collections - maybe hobbies | Mid Childhood 6-10 Crafts/Hobbies |
| Computer/card games require problem solving/abstract thinking | Mid Childhood Games w/Rules |
| link multi schema combos into sequence, use object for multi pretend ideas, use toys to represent animals/ people | Preschool 2-3 years Symbolic Play |
| Drama w/ stuffed animals, imaginary friend, plays house w/ roles | Preschool 2-3 years Symbolic Play 2 |
| Participates in drawing & puzzles, imitates adults using toys | Preschool 2-3 years Constructive Play |
| Rough & Tumble, Jump, Make messes | Preschool 2-3 years Gross Motor Play |
| Associative but Parallel dominates | Preschool 2-3 years Social Play |
| Scripts for pretend play reflecting roles in real life, portray many characters w/feeling, complex pretend sequences | Preschool 3-4 years Complex Imaginary Play |
| Works puzzle/blocks, creates products w/ adult help | Preschool 3-4 years Constructive Play |
| Physica, rough/tumble, playground equipment, Run/Jump | Preschool 3-4 years Gross Motor Play |
| Circle time, games, drawing, art time, sing/dance in groups | Preschool 3-4 years Social Play |
| Associative, plays w/other, shares & talks about play goals | Preschool 3-4 Social Play (2) |
| Begins simple group games, organized motor games (duck duck goose) | Preschool 4-5 Games w/Rules |
| Proud of products, interest in activity goal, can make complex structures | Preschool 4-5 Constructive Play |
| Tells stories, dresses up, role play w/ others, can continue pretend scripts w/ imaginary characters | Preschool 4-5 Social /Dramatic Play |
| multi schema combos, multiple related actions | Toddlers 18 - 24 mos Functional Play |
| Enjoys sensory input, repeats actions | Toddlers 18 - 24 mos Gross Motor Play |
| Makes Inanimate object perform actions, pretens objects are real or symbolize another object | Toddlers 18 - 24 mos Pretend/Symbolic Play |
| Parallel, imitates parents/peers, watches others, begins to take turns, participates in child groups | Toddlers 18 - 24 mos Social Play |
| Rolls, Crawls, plays close to ground Explores all space in room | Infants 12- 18 mos Gross Motor Play |
| Begins peer interaction, parallel plays | Infants 12- 18 mos Social Play |
| Simple pretend play directed to self, links 2-3 schemas, imitative play from immediate model | Infants 12- 18 mos Relational/Functional Play |
| Sensorimotor evolves into Functional | Infants 6-12 mos ExploratoryPlay |
| Uses toys according to function/purpose | Infants 6-12 mos Functional Play |
| Attachment to parent/caregiver, play w/ parent & others | Infants 6-12 mos Social Play |
| Sensorimotor Play, Bonding w/caregiver | Infants 0 - 6 mos Exploratory Play |
