With less time and opportunity for children to play, it is c…

With less time аnd оppоrtunity fоr children to plаy, it is cruciаl for those of us in early childhood education to keep focused on what we can do to encourage and support play in our daily programs.  There are developmental stages of play first identified by Erik Erikson in 1932 and they include:  1) unoccupied behavior, 2) onlooker play, 3) solitary play, 4) parallel play, 5) associative play, and 6) cooperative play.