Question

Basil and Derin are both playing in the sandbox. Basil is making a sandcastle and Derin is making roads, so that he can drive his matchbox cars. Their interactions consist of sharing and borrowing toys. This is an example of A) associative play B) cooperative play C) constructive play D) parallel play.

Answer 1

A) associative play

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1929, Mildred Parten Newhall developed the theory of Play Stages.

Parten examined groups of pre-school children between the ages of 2 and 5 and developed a series of 6 playing stages; Unoccupied, Solitary, Onlooker, Parallel, Associative and Cooperative.

Associative play is a type of play that involves a group of children participating in similar or identical activities without structured organization, group purpose, group interaction, or a distinct objective.