Relation between infants'/toddlers' developmental status and their levels of object play

• Main Author: Urška Fekonja
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Slovenian Psychologists' Association 2001-06-01
• Series: Psihološka Obzorja
• Subjects: solitary play; toys; language; cognition; child play; developmental stages; developmental quotients
• Online Access: http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2001_2/fekonja.pdf

The purpose of introduced study was to establish the connection between the highest achieved levels of infant' and toddler's object play and their developmental status. 23 Slovenian infants and toddlers were included in the sample. They were engaged in solitary play with standard toys. Global and partial quotients were established using the early childhood development scale RT-R. The levels of child's solitary play were estimated using assesment scale designed by Belsky and Most. The results showed some statisticaly significant correlations between children's developmental qoutients (global and partial) and their highest achieved levels of object play. As the basis for the interpretation of results I used the theories which explain the development of child's language, cognition and play.