Styles of Play - 4 Year Old Class

Preschool play is the primary source of development, allowing children to learn and practice many basic social skills.

They develop a sense of self, learn to interact with other children, make friends, and role-play.

While children shift between different types of play, as they grow and mature they participate less in unoccupied, solitary, onlooker and parallel play and more in associative and cooperative play which are more interactive.

Since the start of the school year, the childrens play has developed with their growth and maturity and children are becoming more social and interacting more with each passing day.

Children in our four-year-old class participating in solitary and parallel play:

Children in our four-year-old class participating in associative and cooperative play:

More cooperative play by our four-year-old class:

Children in our four-year-old class working cooperatively to create paper snow people:

The final finish:

We were able to get out on a snow day where the children worked cooperatively to build an actual snowman:

Until next time!

Barbi

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