Playing is way of children to learn. through the play they can develop a variety of the development of tasks that exist within them, play also experience developmental stages, following the age, and the continuing task of the development of the next play in the causes of maturity of age and their environmental impact. The children at the age of 2-5 years experience of development in terms

of playing together with his friend. It is also influenced by social maturity, and experience of interaction in play with their friends. Stages of the development of in the play can be grouped as follows:

1. Stages of Solitary Play
At the stage of solitary play, children tend to play alone. Stages of solitary play usually occurs in children age of less than 2 years. These children usually do not pay attention the presence of other children around him and there is no attempt to interact with other children. This reflects the attitude of focusing attention on the self (egocentric).

2. Stages of Play Onlooker
Stages of Onlooker Play can be seen with the indicator when a child is playing and start watching the other kids were playing. Stages of Onlooker play generally occurs within 2 years age. Usually children begin to provide a response to his friend who are playing.

3. Stages of Parallel Play
Parallel Stages Play occurs in children age 2-5 years. One example, when there were two children playing, to form the same game, and they begin to reveal their co-operation in the game.

4. Stages of Associative Play
Associative Play developmentally play occurs when children begin to show interactions play together, although still not playing by working together, exchanging game tools. Associative Play developmental stages occur at the age of 3-4 years.

5. Stages of Cooperative Play
Stages Cooperative Play is characterized the cooperation or division of tasks and roles among the children. Children begin to understand the division of roles in the play, children begin to recognize the planning and design in the play. Stages of Cooperative Play is the most mature stage in the the development of play.

 

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