The Types of Risky Play
Grounded in the extensive research of Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Ph.D., child development experts divide risky play into eight different categories.
1. Play With Height
What it looks like: Playground equipment such as monkey bars, trampoline parks, rock climbing gyms, jumping off a diving board, rope climbing.
2. Play With Speed
What it looks like: Going down tall slides, swinging, running, spinning, biking, go-karting.
3. Play With Tools
What it looks like: Cutting with scissors, using a drill, pounding nails, sewing with a needle, using electric cooking appliances.
4. Play With Elements
What it looks like: Playing near a body of water, cooking over a campfire, hiking on steep terrain, playing in the snow or on ice.
5. Play With a Chance of Being Lost
What it looks like: Playing hide-and-seek, wandering the neighborhood with friends, going on a hike in an unfamiliar place.
6. Rough and Tumble Play
What it looks like: Wrestling, playfighting, gently running a bike into a wall, smashing objects (ice, old items that are going to be thrown out, jumping on cardboard boxes).
7. Vicarious Play
What it looks like: Watching videos of people doing dangerous things, or observing roofers or construction workers in your neighborhood.
8. Play With Impact
What it looks like: Cannonball jumping into water or jumping off a play structure.
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