Mike McGlinchey — When your downside is continuing to
develop functional play strength, or anchor, that's easy to fix.
This means the child has achieved a balance of strength and endurance of the muscles in their neck, back and belly (their trunk) allowing the child to maintain an upright sitting position
for functional play.
One of the differences is that your child is moving
from functional play to constructive play, a time in which toys are not only used for their given functions, but also to make «new» toys as well.
The simple repetitive activities that are common
during functional play actually build pre-literacy, motor and thinking skills.
Such experts often refer to
functional play as «first play» precisely because it characterizes how young children first begin to use playthings to entertain themselves.
Serotonin (5 - HT) 2C receptors play an important role in the modulation of monoaminergic transmission, mood, motor behaviour, appetite and endocrine secretion, and alterations in their functional
From the layout and design of our master bedroom, to a fun and
functional play room, to lightening up our front room, to kicking our kitchen up a notch and bringing it into the modern world.
There is exploratory play, where a kid is exploring a toy with their various senses; cause - and - effect, when a toy's function (such as lighting up) is caused from a particular action (pressing a button); and
functional play, where a toy is played with in the way it was intended or designed to be played.