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Pretend Play in Preschoolers

Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:39:41 GMT

PRETEND PLAY “Mommy, when you get taller and taller…you can fly like me.” ~Aiden Hi Everyone, Have you seen Batman flying through the grocery store? Have you seen Fireman Sam climbing ladders at the park? Have you seen a “working man” bring his plastic, yellow hammer to preschool? If you have, you have seen my [...]

TinyEYE: Types of Play

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:42:06 GMT

See Marnee and TinyEYE at ASHA 2008 in Chicago!!

Marnee’s Presentations at ASHA:

Friday, November 21 9:30-10:30am: Speech Therapy Telepractice: Efficiencies, Efficacy, & Ethics (Session #0410)

Friday, November 21 at 2:00-3:00pm: Addressing Rural Populations & the Speech-Language Pathologist Shortage With Telepractice (Session #0414)

Visit Booth # 472 and Say Hello!

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Types of Play

(The “What” of Play)

Overview

Children interact with their toys in different ways and for different purposes. They engage in the following types of play alone, beside others, and with others. What are they doing?

Functional Play - Children explore their world through functional play when they bang, shake, push, and dump toys and manipulate materials, such as sand and water. They run and jump again and again. This begins during infancy and then decreases after age 3.
- Trick: Copy what the child is doing. She might copy you back. This is a fun way to teach turn taking and imitation skills.

Constructive Play - Children create or build something, such as a tower or a craft. Children might do this alone, as in solitary play, or beside another child as in parallel play. Both increase around 18 months and continue to increase through the preschool years.
- Trick: Position yourself near the child as you would in parallel play. Watch closely for non-verbal communication which may be an invitation to play. After a while of watching, you can ask him what you can do to help. Or you can start doing something very interesting with yours and invite him in to help you.

Dramatic Play - Children act out scenarios. As children become older, more and more of the dramatic play will involve peer interaction and collaboration. Initially, children act out an idea by themselves, which tends to start after the first birthday. By the age of two, you will see two children sitting beside each other ‘pretending’ to care for their babies, but not truly interacting with each other. Three year olds may act out a familiar experience, like going to the doctor, with their friends. By five, children act out truly make-believe experiences, such as taking care of the unicorns in the castle.

- Trick: Put on your acting shoes and play away. Get in on the script -play the part! Join the land of Make-Believe! (By doing this, you can also subtly model advanced play behaviour, ideas, or language. For example, if you are pretending to ride in the boat, you can say and act how the boat is so big and the waves are so high - you are getting so wet…better use a pail to empty out some water…better put up a new sail …oh no an octopus jumped in! It is key to avoid over-using the “fun-one” conversation style and running the whole show. Inspire the children with your animated interest, your suggestions, your “I wonder what….?”

Dramatic Play Check-List

Review this list when checking-in on children’s pretend play - do they have all the ingredients yet? Also, use this list as a prompt for you to know what aspects to model for the children who are still developing these skills.

Role play - be someone you are not
Use pretend/play objects to represent real ones
Engage in make-believe roles and scripts
Play at least 10 minutes
Interact with peers
Use verbal communication

Have a great day!

Marnee Brick, MSc
Speech-Language Pathologist and Director of of Speech Therapy
TinyEYE Therapy Services (Speech Therapy Telepractice)

http://www.TinyEYE.com-Online Speech Therapy Telepractice

TinyEYE: Stages of Play Development Pt.1

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:11:41 GMT

See Marnee and TinyEYE at ASHA 2008 in Chicago!!

Marnee’s Presentations at ASHA:

Friday, November 21 9:30-10:30am: Speech Therapy Telepractice: Efficiencies, Efficacy, & Ethics (Session #0410)

Friday, November 21 at 2:00-3:00pm: Addressing Rural Populations & the Speech-Language Pathologist Shortage With Telepractice (Session #0414)

Visit Booth # 472 and Say Hello!

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.
Bill Watterson

Helping children enrich their lives by expanding their speech and language skills is on my list of favourites. I use all sorts of strategies and tools to make a difference for them. So far - the best trick ever has been to … play. It has been a pleasure to co-create engaging games for speech therapy telepractice with my work at TinyEYE. Many of these games were inspired by my playtime with children who were my clients. Playing involves a number of cognitive, social, and communication skills which can be further developed by more play! A good first step is to gain a general understanding of how play develops. I have included a milestone list for your review. Upcoming blogs will provide specific tips for supporting play development with the goal of enriching lives.

Year 1

4 months

- Gaze at and touch items

- Vocalize to peers and adults

- Provide toys that the baby can look at, listen to, chew on, and shake, grab and kick

6- 9 months

- A true social smile has emerged

- Takes turns with making sounds back and forth

- Enjoys social games such as peek-a-boo

- Children approach, follow, and reach for adults and peers

- Provide toys that react to the baby’s manipulation, such as a toy that lights up and makes noise, that pops back up when pushed over, or that they can bang together

9-12 months

- Aware that objects exist when not seen - will look for an toy that dropped out of sight

- Children offer and take items

- Brings a toy that he or she wants you to play

- May start a game of peek-a-boo or pat-a-cake

- Provide toys that can be put places, such as stacking rings, shape/block sorter. Also, provide musical instruments, such as pots to bang, bells to shake, and keys to press.

Have a great day!

Marnee Brick, MSc
Speech-Language Pathologist and Director of of Speech Therapy
TinyEYE Therapy Services (Speech Therapy Telepractice)

http://www.TinyEYE.com-Online Speech Therapy Telepractice