Exploratory Play
Exploratory play is the stuff of interest and inquiry typically begins around five months of age. It is physical in the early stages as the infant mouthing the object then try to explore their environment. This is time children want to touch the object which come on their way. By the second year, children begin to combine objects in play. Around this time children also start to treat objects according to their intentional function. By age four, exploratory play is high. Construction play may account for as much as half of children’s free-play time in pre-school classrooms and children’s interest in building extends well into the elementary school years. They also use art materials to create symbolic representations of their
Exploratory play is the stuff of interest and inquiry typically begins around five months of age. It is physical in the early stages as the infant mouthing the object then try to explore their environment. This is time children want to touch the object which come on their way. By the second year, children begin to combine objects in play. Around this time children also start to treat objects according to their intentional function. By age four, exploratory play is high. Construction play may account for as much as half of children’s free-play time in pre-school classrooms and children’s interest in building extends well into the elementary school years. They also use art materials to create symbolic representations of their