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Mildred Parten
Stage four Cooperative play:
The highest level of social play where children play in groups and everyone is cooperating to achieve a common goal.
This type of play involves negotiation among
children.
This happens when children change “roles” in the play
and/or take turns making suggestions about the plot.
Stage three Associative play: Children begin to truly play with
others.
They share play materials
but may be following their own
story line.
Stages
Stage two Parallel play:
Children continue
to play on their own,
but they are
beside children
and may be using the
same toys.
As far as impacts, Ms.Parten had one of the largest and influential impacts on the study of children's social play.
She was also one of the first people to develop a theory for child development, it is still relevant and used today to understand the way children play with each other.
Stage five Games with Rules:
A part of cooperative play that involves winners and losers.
These games involve child-controlled rules and are not the same as competitive games, like sports.
These games show an understanding of the social rules in our culture.
Stage one Solitary play: Children play alone, with their own
toys.
They do not get close to or
interact with other children.
Solitary play should be encouraged because it builds skills for working independently.
As a teacher or parent this theory would help in explaining as to why your child/children interact with other people and kids the way that they do,
These stages are something if not all, most children go through and experience.
As a teacher these help in assisting you in what activities would work best with the age group you are teaching.
As a parent these stages would help in maybe answering some questions you have as to why your child is not interacting with other children or when you should expect a change in interactions for your child with other kids.
Mildred Bernice Parten Newhall was an American sociologist, a researcher at University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development.
Stage six Onlooker Play:
When a child watches other children playing but makes no attempt to join in.
Developmental Theory
Mildred Parten researched the development of social play in children.
She discovered that a child’s development of his/her social skills is reflected in the way they play.
She also found that once a child has developed the ability to participate in a particular stage of social play, he/she will use different variations and combinations of that stage, and earlier stages, throughout play.