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Children use play in all areas of their development. Play requires children to use combinations of sights and sounds and incorporate them while moving their bodies. Children also need to be able to have a variety of activities to do and be able to share their play with others.
Children use play in all areas of their development. Play requires children to use combinations of sights and sounds and incorporate them while moving their bodies. Children also need to be able to have a variety of activities to do and be able to share their play with others.
Click on the slider above to see how children naturally progress through the developmental stages of Play.
Click on the slider above to see how children naturally progress through the developmental stages of Play.
Typical activities in this stage
Typical activities in this stage
• Shows momentary attention to colorful books and shapes
• Shows momentary attention to colorful books and shapes
• Moves hands, kicks feet and smiles when hearing nursery rhymes and familiar songs
• Moves hands, kicks feet and smiles when hearing nursery rhymes and familiar songs
• Enjoys soothing, tactile stimulation
• Enjoys soothing, tactile stimulation
• Smiles at a smiling face
• Smiles at a smiling face
• Shows enjoyment with a social game, such as peek-a-boo
• Shows enjoyment with a social game, such as peek-a-boo
• Reaches out to familiar people
• Reaches out to familiar people
Play - Stage 1
Play - Stage 1
To help your child reach this milestone, here are some activities
To help your child reach this milestone, here are some activities
• Introduce storytime during your day
• Introduce storytime during your day
• Play social games, such as peek-a-boo
• Play social games, such as peek-a-boo
• Respond to your child when they look at you and/or smile at you
• Respond to your child when they look at you and/or smile at you
• Talk to your child throughout the day, and imitate the sounds that they make
• Talk to your child throughout the day, and imitate the sounds that they make
• Respond to your child when they make sounds
• Respond to your child when they make sounds
It's time to move onto the next stage when your child is
It's time to move onto the next stage when your child is
• Looking at pictures in a book
• Looking at pictures in a book
• Participating in peek-a-boo
• Participating in peek-a-boo
• Catching someone’s eye and smiling at them to initiating an interaction
• Catching someone’s eye and smiling at them to initiating an interaction
• Imitating sounds
• Imitating sounds
• Attending to the actions of older children
• Attending to the actions of older children
• Making noises to gain attention of others
• Making noises to gain attention of others
• Laughing at other children doing funny things
• Laughing at other children doing funny things
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