Creative play

♥ Drawing

♥ Painting

♥ Building objects

This helps children express their own feelings and personalities
This is helpful who have experienced a upsetting life event such as death, abuse or a serious accident.

Play and motor development

Gross motor skills are helped by play activities that involving:
running climbing balancing and riding.
This includes:
climbing frames, sea saws, ride on toys, slides

Fine motor skills
This is developed by toys that require careful manipulation e.g threading beads, small construction bricks

Social play types:

Solitary play
Playing alone without paying attention to others

Parallel play
Playing alongside another children
Performing a similar activity but without watching or talking to them

Onlooking/onlooker play
Observing other children play but not joining in or interacting with children

Associated play
Playing in (close contact)/connection with another child e.g. ride on toys following each other and occasionally interacting with one another

Cooperative play
Activities that are only possible with 2 or more children joining in
Play expected roles
E.g. playing catch with a ball
Games only works if the child through the ball to each other in a catchable manner
Role play involves children playing different roles e.g. child and parent

This helps children learn how to share, take turns and to manage conflict

Health and safety:Risks

1. Falling/ Tripping/ Slipping
♥ Toys left on the hallway/stairs
♥ Loose rugs
♥ Highly polished floors
♥ Climbing equipment should be securely fitted into the ground
♥ Stair gates should be use to prevent falls

2. Suffocation/ Choking
♥ Toddlers putting things in their mouth e.g. construction bricks, balls
♥ Plastic bags

3. Strangulation
♥ Cords/ribbons shorter then 30cm

4. Infection
♥ Toys should be washable

5. Poisoning
♥ Non toxic paints
♥ Non toxic modelling clay
♥ Keep cleaning products out of the reach of children
♥ Medicine out of reach
♥ Toxic garden plants should be avoided

6. Drowning
♥ Cover pond with mesh

7. Cuts
♥ Unbreakable toys
♥ Not have sharp edges/points such as stiff metal wires
♥ Remove staples

8. Burns/ Scalds
♥ Saucepan handles should be kept turned in
♥ Matches should be kept out of reach of children
♥ fireguards