Play Skills

Question 1

Aware that objects exist when not seen; finds toy hidden under cloth, box, etc., associates object with location

Answer 1

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 2

Attains toy by pulling cloth on which toy is resting

Answer 2

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 3

Attains toy by pulling string

Answer 3

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 4

Touches adult to continue activity

Answer 4

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 5

Explores moveable parts of toy

Answer 5

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 6

Does not mouth all toys. Uses several different schemes (patting, banging, turning, throwing, etc.); uses some differential schemas on familiar objects

Answer 6

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 7

Joint attention on toy and person

Answer 7

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 8

No true language; may have performative words that are associated with action or the total situation

Answer 8

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 9

Shows and gives objects

Answer 9

Presymbolic Level I: 8 to 12 months

Question 10

Aware that objects exist separate from location; finds objects hidden in first one place and then in a second or third location

Answer 10

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 11

Understands “in-ness;” dumps objects out of bottle

Answer 11

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 12

Hands toy to adult if unable to operate

Answer 12

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 13

Hands toy to adult to get attention

Answer 13

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 14

Uses index finger to point to desired object

Answer 14

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 15

Recognizes operating parts of toys (attends to knobs, levers, buttons)

Answer 15

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 16

Discovers operations of toys through trial and error

Answer 16

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 17

Construction of toy relationships (e.g, puts one toy in another such as figure in car; nests boxes)

Answer 17

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 18

Uses familiar objects appropriately

Answer 18

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 19

Context dependent single words, e.g., child may use the word “car” when riding in a car, but not when he sees a car; words tend to come and go in child’s vocabulary

Answer 19

Presymbolic Level II: 13 to 17 months

Question 20

Child exhibits internal mental representation

Answer 20

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 21

Tool-use (uses stick to reach toy)

Answer 21

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 22

Finds toy invisibly hidden (when placed in a box and box emptied under scarf)

Answer 22

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 23

Pretends using life-like props

Answer 23

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 24

Does not stack solid ring

Answer 24

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 25

Familiar, everyday activities (eating, sleeping) in which child has been an active participant

Answer 25

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 26

Short isolated schemas (single pretend actions)

Answer 26

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 27

Self as agent (auto-symbolic or self-representational play, i.e., child pretends to go to sleep, to eat from a spoon, or to drink from an empty cup)

Answer 27

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 28

Activities of familiar others (cooking, reading, cleaning, shaving)

Answer 28

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 29

Short, isolated schema combinations (child combines two actions or toys in pretend, e.g., rocking doll and putting it to bed; pouring from pitcher into cup, or feeding doll from plate with spoon)

Answer 29

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 30

Child acts on doll (Doll is passive recipient of action); brushes doll’s hair, covers doll with blanket

Answer 30

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 31

Child performs pretend actions on more than one object or person, e.g., feeds self, a doll, mother, or another child

Answer 31

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 32

Refers to objects and persons not present

Answer 32

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 33

Requests information

Answer 33

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 34

Elaborated single schemas (represents daily experiences with details, e.g., puts lid on pan, puts pan on stove; collects items associated with cooking/ eating such as dishes, pans, silverware, glasses, highchair

Answer 34

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 35

Reverses roles--”I’ll play you and you play me.”

Answer 35

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 36

Comments on activity of self (get apple)

Answer 36

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 37

Comments on doll (baby sleep)

Answer 37

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 38

Compensatory play: Re-enacts experienced events, but modifies original outcomes

Answer 38

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 39

Evolving episode sequences, e.g., child mixes cake, bakes it, washes dishes; or doctor checks patient, calls ambulance, takes patient to hospital (sequence not planned)

Answer 39

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 40

Transforms self into role

Answer 40

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 41

Engages in associative play, i.e., children do similar activities, may share same role, but no organized goal

Answer 41

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 42

Carries out pretend activities with replica toys (Fisher Price/ Playmobile, dollhouse, barn, garage, village, airport)

Answer 42

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 43

Uses one object to represent another (Stick can be a comb, chair can be a car)

Answer 43

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 44

Uses blocks and sandbox for imaginative play. Blocks used as enclosures (fences, houses) for animals and dolls

Answer 44

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 45

Represents observed events, i.e., events in which child was not an active participant (policemen, firemen, war, cowboys, schemas/scripts from TV shows -- Batman, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers

Answer 45

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 46

Child assigns roles to other children; negotiates play

Answer 46

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 47

Multiple reversible roles (“I’ll be a and b and you be x“), e.g., child is ticket seller, pilot, and airline steward, but co- player is always passenger

Answer 47

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 48

Uses doll or puppet as participant in play: Child talks for doll

Answer 48

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 49

Uses doll or puppet as participant in play: Reciprocal role taking-- child talks for doll and as parent of doll

Answer 49

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 50

Uses language to invent props and set scene

Answer 50

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 51

Builds 3-dimensional structures with blocks

Answer 51

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 52

Improvisations and variations on themes

Answer 52

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 53

Schemas/scripts are planned

Answer 53

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 54

Hypothesizes “what would happen if”

Answer 54

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 55

Uses dolls and puppets to act out schemas/scripts

Answer 55

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 56

Child or doll has multiple roles (e.g., mother and wife; fireman, husband, father)

Answer 56

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 57

Can use language to set the scene, actions, and roles in play

Answer 57

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years

Question 58

Highly imaginative activities that integrate parts of known schemas/scripts for events child has never participated in or observed (e.g., astronaut builds ship, flies to strange planet, explores, eats unusual food, talks with creatures on planet)

Answer 58

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years

Question 59

Plans several sequences of pretend events. Organizes what is needed -- both objects and other children. Coordinates several scripts occurring simultaneously

Answer 59

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years

Question 60

Engages in collaborative play, i.e., play roles coordinated and themes are goal-directed

Answer 60

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years