The Stages Of Social Play - 1026 Words

The stages of social play is a theory that is composed by Mildred Parten. In 1932, she conducted a study of children from ages of 2 to 4 years old. The goal of her experiment was to identify the interaction of children among peers and influences of play. There are 6 stages of social play behavior; unoccupied, onlooker, solitary independent, parallel activity, associative play, and cooperative organized play. All of these stages were represented in my observation of the toddlers play with one another. The first 3 behaviors of social play correlated to a child’s independence involved to social play among his or her peers. Those behaviors are unoccupied, onlooker, and solitary independence. First, the behavior of a child may not engage in†¦show more content†¦The child may play beside groups, but not be totally in the group. Second, the child may play with other children. The child will have a conversation and interaction with designing and playing games. Lastly, the beh avior of the child may play in groups that are organized by order of constructing or accomplishing objectives in the games. For example, the game of freeze play or tag is a game that has an objective, which is to tag the other person before someone does the action to the other. On September 28, I observed 2 to 4 year olds at the Child Development Lab that is overseen by Tennessee Technological University. I arrived at the classroom at 4:00 p.m. Most of the kids were energetic, but a few of the kids were quiet. The number of kids were 5 boys and 2 girls in the classroom. Until, the teacher decides to take the kids outside for free play. The children were combined from the other classes to join for recess. The teacher had set rules for the children. As the children waited for the teacher, they sat on the yellow line of the concrete step in front of the gate. After, the teacher checks who all is present at the playground, then the kids are permitted to play. All the kids started running throughout the playground and sectioned off into groups or stood by themselves. All the children were different with social play, but I share two stages that were represented in social