Types of play – unoccupied Scroll to learning area

5 month old baby lying on her back on a blanket in the garden with Mum. She waves her arms and legs rhythmically, gurgling and cooing.

Goof for looking at

• Types of play – unoccupied
• Physical development
• Learning outdoors
• Speech and language development
• Characteristics of effective learning – playing and exploring
• Effective adult support
• Parents

Notice

• What cues can you see that show what the baby is interested in? (Look out for non-verbal and body language as well as spoken language)
• How baby is learning?
• Which areas of play, development, engagement and characteristics of learning can you observe?
• In what ways does the adult support the baby’s learning?
• How does the environment support the children’s learning?