FDL 5-6: PLAY-Activities
Adapted from Dr. Solomon’s PLAY-Project™ materials
Adapted from Dr. Solomon’s PLAY-Project™ materials
| • | Pretend: dress up, crashing cars, bricks, tea party, dolly sleeping, dinosaur chasing man |
| • | Real hide and seek, not just peek-a-a boo. Hide a doll and say ‘Where is the dolly?’ |
| • | Picture-books: looking at pictures together and telling a simple story. Do NOT just read the words, but have a conversation about what’s happening in the pictures. |
| • | Drawing: family-members, cars, animals, people, ‘the story of today/yesterday’ and other situations child is interested in, e.g. dog doing wee (do NOT guide child’s hand!) |
| • | Little people and animals, dolls house, farm yard, garage (but avoid too much with cars) |
| • | Sequencing: cards, pictures, objects, … |
| • | Putting things in like groups/categories (red cars, blue dogs, …), planning out schedules |
| • | Board games - ‘Snakes and Ladders’, Bingo, Memory, … |
| • | Complex pretend play (making up stories about animals, dolls, etc.) |
| • | 'Double double this this’, Hot Potato. ‘Who ate the cookie?’, … |
| • | Outings: talk about it before and after, replay and draw it |
| • | Tic-tac-toe |
| • | Duck, duck, goose |
| • | Musical Chairs |
| • | Tag (with proper rules) |
| • | Drawing faces with emotions |
| • | Treasure hunt games |
| • | Obstacle courses |
| • | Baseball, T-ball, Dodge ball |
| • | Simon says |
| • | Jokes |
| • | Questions and opinions |
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