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Play Types

There are many different types of play that take place in different settings.

Kids Playing

These ‘Play Types’ are described in A Playworker’s Taxonomy of Play Types, 1996

Published by Bob Hughes

  1. Symbolic play
  2. Rough and tumble play
  3. Socio-dramatic play – playing house
  4. Social play – games
  5. Creative play – materials and tools
  6. Communications play – words, jokes, acting
  7. Dramatic play – dramatises events in which the child is a spectator
  8. Deep play – risky experiences, conquers fear, riding a bike – teaches about how to handle risks
  9. Exploratory play – manipulating, exploring
  10. Fantasy play – rearranges the world in the child’s way
  11. Imaginative play – pretending
  12. Locomotor play – chase, swinging, climbing
  13. Mastery play – lighting fires, digging holes, complex games
  14. Object play – hand-eye coordination, painting
  15. Role play – ways of being, driving a car
Kids Playing

Any play project – a playground or a play scheme, should try to have as many of these play types as possible.

Rough and tumble play is very important for the development of empathy skills in boys especially and in their ability to handle stress and aggression.

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