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Types of Play that Develop your Child

For your child, playing and developing is the same thing. Your little one will engage in many different types of play throughout their childhood. Some games are the fruits of your child’s vivid imagination. Some games serve to test the rules of society. And some games might even seem aggressive. But all types of play help to develop your child – here’s how.

Highlights:  

  1. From birth to about 2-years-old, children like to play alone or alongside others. 
  2. At age three, children start to interact more with each other during playtime.  
  3. 4-year-old-children are intentionally looking for playmates to go on adventures with.  
  4. Children learn different things from playing different types of games. For example: 
  • Constructive play teaches children to stay focused, think logically and creatively. 
  • Role play is a way to learn new words and gain experience with social norms.  
  • Rough-and-tumble play makes it clear what’s play fighting and what’s real fighting.     
  • Games with rules explain hard-to-grasp concepts such as luck and society’s rules.  
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