INTRO TO LUMI

“USING OBJECTS, ACTIONS OR IDEAS TO REPRESENT OTHER OB JECTS, ACTIONS, OR IDEAS.” SYMBOLIC PLAY

“ALLOWS CHILDREN TO EXPLORE, TRY OUT NEW IDEAS AND USE THEIR IMAGINATION.” CREATIVE PLAY

“PLAY USING WORDS, GESTURES, E.G., CHARADES, TELLING JOKES, PLAY ACTING, ETC.” COMMUNICATION PLAY

“PLAY WHERE CHILDREN FIGURE OUT ROLES TO PLAY, ASSIGN THEM AND THEN ACT THEM OUT.” DRAMATIC PLAY

“WHEN CHILDREN ACT OUT EXPERIENCES, E.G., PLAYING HOUSE, GOING TO THE SHOPS OR GOING TO A RES TAURANT.” SOCIO-DRAMATIC PLAY

“WHEN A CHILD USES THEIR IMAGINA TION TO ROLE-PLAY SCENARIOS THEY HAVE SEEN, EXPERIENCED OR WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE. IT’S A KIND OF OPEN-ENDED, UNSTRUCTURED PLAY, WITH NO RULES OR GOALS” IMAGINATIVE PLAY

“PLAY EXPLORING WAYS OF BEING, ALTHOUGH NOT NORMALLY OF AN IN TENSELY PERSONAL, SOCIAL, DOMESTIC OR INTERPERSONAL NATURE. FOR EX AMPLE BRUSHING WITH A BROOM, DI ALING WITH A TELEPHONE.” ROLE PLAY

“THIS IS THE MAKE-BE LIEVE WORLD OF CHIL DREN. THIS TYPE OF PLAY IS WHERE THE CHILD’S IMAGINATION GETS TO RUN WILD, AND THEY GET TO PLAY OUT THINGS THAT ARE UN LIKELY TO OCCUR, LIKE BEING A PILOT OR DRIVING A CAR.” FANTASY PLAY