Across
- 3. A kind of play where children act as different characters, people or species to convey their ideas. Such as playing games which lay out different scenes like a hospital, a family or even their own creative ideas like mermaids or fairies. It can also involve playing with different props to make a scene like a dollhouse or toy cars.
- 6. Children developing and repeatedly practicing various body movements and exercises, involving co-ordination and balance solely for the child to enjoy. It develops gross motor skills over time.
- 8. Part of pretend play where children will use smaller scale objects to make a scene, such as playing with dollhouses, mini cars and etc.
- 12. At 2 years old, children will gain a habit watching others play but not do it themselves
- 13. Similar to cooperative play, [______] play is when children engage with each other, but there is no or a lack of a proper goal or an expected result out of it. Common for children between the ages of 3 and 4 years old.
- 15. Similar to ³physical play, children are using their physical skills, except for the purpose of finding out what things feel like and to explore what they can do.
- 16. Typically common in children above the age of 4 years old where they will actively engage in play with their peers which may require problem solving and/or discussions.
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- 1. Play that involves children being creative and using their imagination, such as arts and crafts, pretend play and sharing their ideas.
- 2. Games which have already set rules, whether made by the child or constructed by the traditional rules of the game. This involves things like hopscotch, board games like UNO and hand games like ‘conversations’ and ‘double double this this’.
- 4. The action of a child learning through entertaining activities, gross motor or interacting with their peers. It helps develop their minds for later in life.
- 5. Practicing motor skills, also the main element of ³physical play where they manipulate objects and materials; like playing sports like tennis or soccer.
- 7. A sort of play that involves children playing around with sounds and noises, which also includes things like making sounds and nonsense words, making new words and stories.
- 9. Common for children above the age of 2 years old, where two children will play side-by-side with each other but won’t interact.
- 10. Common for infants between the ages of 0 - 3 months old, they will not play but instead will either move their arms or legs or observe the room.
- 11. Children typically grow out of this kind of play at the age of 2 years old or above, however it is when a child is playing alone and is not interested in interacting with another child.
- 14. Where children build or create things as a form of play using manufactured materials and items; like playing with dough or building blocks.