PLAY

PLAY THERAPY
THERAPY

Value of play and selection

of play materials
WHAT IS PLAY THERAPY?
Play is recreation, amusement,
amusing one self. It is a game,
performance and spontaneous activity
for the children.
Through universal medium of play,
children learn what no one can teach
them. They learn about the
environment, object, time, space,
structure and people.
“THE CHILD WHO PLAY
MORE LEARNS MORE”
CHARACTERISTICS OF PLAY:

* Play follows a patterns of

development.
* Play activities decrease in number
with age.
* Time spend in play decrease with age.
* Childhood play in informal.
IMPORTANCE OF PLAY:
It helps in sensory and motor
development.
It helps in intellectual development.
It helps in socialization.
It helps in creativity.
It is a therapeutic value.
It helps in moral training.
FACTORS OF PLAY:
Health
Motor development
Intelligence
Sex
Tradition
Season
Environment
Socio-economic status.
CLASSIFICATION OF PLAY:
SOLITARY PLAY.
PARALLEL PLAY.
ASSOCIATIVE PLAY.
CO-OPERATIVE PLAY.
MAKE-BELIEVE PLAY.
CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY.
 SOLITARY
PLAY

PARALLEL
PLAY
 ASSOCIATIVE
PLAY

CO-OPERATIVE
PLAY
 MAKE-BELIEVE
PLAY

CONSTRUCTIVE
PLAY
 PLAY THERAPY
(AT DIFFERENT AGE)
FROM BIRTH TO 4 WEEKS

• Use human face, smile and talk.

• Hold, touch, rock, pat and change
positions.
• Play soft music or have infant
listen to ticking clock.
• Talk to the baby, call- by name.
From 1 to 3 months:

• Encourage socialization, smiling,

laughing, etc.
• Place on mat or floor.
• Continue to introduce new sounds.
From 3 to 4 months:
• Encourage mirror for play.
• Provide soft, squeeze toys in
different colour of varying texture.
• Allow infant to splash in bath.
• Infant still enjoys holding and
playing with rattles.
From 4-7 months:
• Enjoy social games, hide and seek with
adults, toys, large blocks, etc.
• Enjoys playing in bouncy chairs, walkers,
etc.
• Likes wooden or metal spoon and things
to bang with.
• Likes to drop things.
• Child can use mono syllabic words like
‘ma, pa, da’.
From 7 – 10 months:

• Encourage use of motion toys like

rocking toys.
• Imitate animal sounds.
• Offer new objects like blocks.
• Take the baby outdoors.
From 12-18 months:
• Allow unrestricted motor activity.
• Offer push or pull toys.
• Allow child to select favorite toys.
• Provide musical toys and phone
toys.
• Provide colour books with large
pictures.
From 2-3 years:
• To provide simple games with other
children.
• Tell story and dress up play.
• Play house.
• Give them to read simple books.
• Help and assist in developing
memory skills and language.
From 3-5years:
• Teach the child to play and
interact with other children and
show creativity.
• Initiate to play dramatic play,
housekeeping toys and
transportation toys like tricycle,
toy truck, etc.