Play provides children with opportunities to interact with others, learn how to cooperate and resolve conflicts, and develop empathy and self-regulation skills.

Dramatic play allows children to explore their imagination, creativity, and social skills by taking on different roles and acting out various scenarios.

Play provides children with hands-on experiences that help them develop problem-solving skills, language skills, and creativity.

Adults can support children's play by providing them with appropriate toys and materials, encouraging them to play with others, and participating in play with them.

Play typically involves physical activity and movement, which helps children develop their physical coordination and motor skills. It does not encourage sedentary behavior.

Perseverative play is characterized by children's repetitive or stereotyped play patterns, such as repeatedly lining up toys or spinning objects.

Play provides children with opportunities to hear and use new words, communicate with others, and develop their storytelling and narrative skills.

Symbolic play involves children's ability to use objects to represent other objects or ideas, and to imagine themselves in different roles.

Cooperative play involves children working together to achieve a common goal, such as building a tower out of blocks or playing a board game.

Play provides children with opportunities to interact with others, learn how to cooperate and resolve conflicts, and develop empathy and self-regulation skills.

Parallel play is characterized by children playing alongside each other without interacting or sharing toys. They may be engaged in similar activities, but they do not play together.

Associative play involves children interacting with each other and sharing toys or materials. They may engage in similar or different activities, but they are aware of each other's presence and may occasionally interact.

Play provides children with opportunities to engage in physical activities that enhance their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, balance, and coordination.

Symbolic play involves children's ability to use objects to represent other objects or ideas, and to imagine themselves in different roles.

Play provides children with opportunities to explore new ideas and possibilities, engage in divergent thinking and problem-solving, and develop their artistic and expressive skills.