Play Levels

E1. Child picks up and looks at a toy.

E2. Child plays with toys using both hands together.

E3. Child plays with one toy in three or more different ways.

R1. Child takes pieces of toys apart.

R2. Child puts toys together in simple ways.

R3. Child puts several toys together in specific ways.

F1. Child plays with toys in functional or simple pretend ways.

F2. Child plays with toys in simple and pretend ways directed to self.

F3. Child includes a doll/action figure in simple pretend play with toys.

F4. Child includes other people in simple pretend play with toys.

F5. Child uses the same action in simple pretend play with two different people or dolls/figures.

S1. Child makes doll/figure move or do things as if it were alive.

S2. Child does 2 different pretend actions, one right after another, with the same toy.

S3. Child does 3 or more different pretend actions, one right after another, with the same toy.

S4. Child uses one toy/object to represent or stand for another.

S5. Child uses pretend qualities in play.

S6. Child uses pretend objects in play.

S7. Child takes on a pretend role in play that other people direct.

S8. Child suggests pretend roles in play to self or other people.

S9. Child expands pretend play with other people into (a) new roles, (b) new themes, (c) fantasy roles.