What is play? - Carson Street School

My emerging play stage Stage 3 Combining, Sorting
and Building
The child starts to
combine things that
naturally go together,
such as bucket and
spade, cup and water.
The child begins to think about
what she wants to do, which
means that she begins to plan
and use her imagination to reach
a desired goal.
The child discovers more
complicated ways of
putting things together
and can handle and
manipulate objects in a
number of different ways.
The child’s play is more
organized and purposeful as
she tries to achieve what she
has thought about.
The child learns to recognize shapes and handling shaped puzzle pieces. The child
can begin to string large beads. The child can make towers, and can work out how to
make a lego tower remain stable with the right manipulation of the pieces.