Types, benefits and categories of child play
Across
- 8. when children play in the same area sharing their toys with each other
- 10. child plays alone, focusing on their own activity
- 11. involves kids using their imagination
- 13. fosters essential social skills like sharing and cooperation
- 16. when a child observes other children playing but doesn’t join in
- 17. exploring their body and surrounding using random movements
- 18. building something
- 19. encourages sensory exploration
Down
- 1. kids pretend to be superheroes or fairies
- 2. learning social, memory and attention skills
- 3. increased independence
- 4. practicing body movement and control
- 5. enhancing hand - eye coordination
- 6. dancing, painting and playing with junk materials
- 7. when children work on reaching a goal together
- 9. a game that involves explaining rules
- 12. using physical skills to find out with things feel like
- 14. play with sounds and words
- 15. provides a low pressure environment for children