4.2 Promote activities which support babies and young children’s: physical play, creative play, imaginative play, sensory play, heuristic play

Qualification: NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
Unit: EYP 8: Promote play in an Early Years Setting
Learning outcome: 4. Be able to support different types of play for babies and young children
Assessment criteria: 4.2 Promote activities which support babies and young children’s: physical play, creative play, imaginative play, sensory play, heuristic play

• For this assessment criterion, you will need to demonstrate that you are able to promote activities which support children’s play in the areas that were explored in the previous section
• Examples of physical play
  • Football
  • Throwing/catching
  • Hide and seek
• Examples of creative play
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Cutting/gluing
• Examples of imaginative play
  • Small world
  • Roleplay
• Examples of sensory play
  • Sand
  • Water
  • Slime
• Examples of heuristic play
  • Treasure basket