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1). Functional play consisting of any simple, repetitive muscle movement with or without objects such as rolling a ball or pulling a pull toy.
2. Constructive play defined as the manipulation of objects to construct or to "create" something.
3. Dramatic or pretend play consisting of the substitution of an imaginary situation to satisfy the child's personal wishes and needs. In such play, the child might also pretend to be a doctor or a nurse or Batman; usually pretend play begins with simple activities but progresses to more elaborate plots and scenarios.
4. Games with rules consisting of any play activity that has rules, structure, and a goal (e.g. winning) such as tag, hopscotch and marbles. At this level of play, there is the acceptance of prearranged rules and adjustment to them.
Some theorists have focused solely on certain kinds of play behavior. For example, Vygotsky's sensory-motor theory of symbolic development postulates that there is a universal sequence of symbolic development which i
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