December 4, 2023

5 Key Developmental Domains

Revised | Originally Published: February 17, 2020 @ 8:17 am

This handout looks at the 5 key developmental domains favored here at Playvolution HQ. Others break development into 3-6 domains. Children’s development during their early years can be sorted into these domains. Children don’t split their play and exploration into such categories; for them, it all happens at once. For example, three-year-old Claudia likely dips a toe into each domain during thirty minutes of fiddling with a hunk of play dough, playing on a swing, or being a superhero. These classifications are for adults, who find them useful when planning, documenting, and discussing children’s learning.

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Children’s learning tends to cross the arbitrary domains we adults set up. For example, fiddling with sand probably involves learning in all 5 of the domains explained in the above handout.

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