Task

10 Observing play

Stages of play

1. Children maintain focus on its activity. They are
also unaware of what others are doing.
2. Children are hesitant to join in any activities.
They would love to watch but doesnt want to
engage.
3. Children play adjacent to each other, but did not
want to influence ones behavior.
4. A group of children participate in similar
activities without formal organization, group
direction or definite goal.
5. There is also increased self-identification with a
group, and a group identity may emerge. It
requires the most social maturity and more
advanced organization skills.

Types of play

1. It allows transformation of information, awareness of
new connection with elements of surprise.
2. Children follow or create rules to reach a shared
objective in a game.
3. Children explore movements and ways to combine
movements.
4. Children develop to use their senses such as sense of
touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste.
5. Children develop their imaginations and thinking
beyond their world and creative problem solving.
6. Children manipulate and explore objects, parts and
materials.
7. Children engage with an object or area and either by
manipulation or movements, assessing its properties
and possibilities.
8. Children take on roles with in games about familiar
experiences, children dramatizes events in which the
child is not a direct participator.

Activity

Stage of play

Type of play

Feature of
play

Domain
developed

Zaid, is
playing with
bricks
The teacher
gathered all
students to
listen to a
story telling
but there is
one student
who did not
join the group,
instead just sit
in one corner
Two students
are playing
with dolls and
pretend to be
a mom with
child
Children
played
outside with
one bicycle
and the
teacher told
them to take
turns
Children play
together the
dag-dag-
goose on the
playground

Solitary

Exploratory
play

Onlooker

Fantasy
Manipulative

Playing alone
Focus on the
his work
Learning
together,
Socialization

Fine motor
Cognitive

Cognitive
Sensory skills

Parallel

Dramatic

Pretend on
familiar
situation

Cognitive
Sensory skills

Associative

Games with
rules
Physical

Children
explore
movements

Gross motor
skills

Cooperative

Physical
Sensory

Develop how
to use their
senses, motor
skills and
socialization

Fine and gross

motor skills
Sensory