Types of Play for Toddlers Solitary Play Solitary

Types of Play for Toddlers

Solitary Play • Solitary (independent) play – when the child is alone and maintains focus on its activity. Such a child is uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing. More common in younger children (age 2– 3) as opposed to older ones.

Parallel Play • Parallel play is a form of play in which children playadjacent to each other, but do not try to influence one another's behavior. Children usually play alone duringparallel play but are interested in what other children are doing. This usually occurs after the first birthday.

Cooperative Play • Cooperative play is concerned with solving a problem by working together to achieve a common goal. In cooperative play, everybody wins. Play is how young children learn. Through play, children develop the skills they need to expand their physical, emotional, social, and cognitive abilities.

Imitative-Imaginative Play • Imaginative play is essentially when children are role playingand are acting out various experiences they may have had or something that is of some interest to them. They are experimenting with decision making on how to behave and are also practicing their social skills •