# Play & Imagination AbilityScore 900–1000 — Next Steps

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A Play & Imagination AbilityScore of 900–1000 is the strongest band, showing rich, flexible, creative pretend play. Next steps are to enrich this strength with open-ended materials and child-led play, keep development balanced across other areas, and re-check over time. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

*A Play & Imagination score in the highest band is wonderful news — it tells us your child's inner world is rich, flexible and full of story.*

## In short
A Play & Imagination AbilityScore® of **900–1000** sits in the **strongest band** — your child is showing confident, creative, flexible play: inventing scenarios, taking on pretend roles, using objects symbolically and weaving imaginative stories. The next steps are not about fixing anything, but about **enriching and stretching** this strength, watching it stays balanced with other areas, and re-checking over time. Keep playing, keep offering open-ended materials, and let this gift flourish.

## What this strength looks like — and how to grow it
Children in this band typically enjoy rich pretend play, create their own games, give voice to toys, and adapt stories on the fly. Here is how to keep nurturing it:

- **Offer open-ended play materials** — blocks, dress-up cloth, cardboard boxes, loose parts and small figures invite far more imagination than single-purpose toys.
- **Follow your child's lead** — join their pretend world without taking it over. Ask gentle "what happens next?" questions to extend the story.
- **Add language and social play** — invite siblings, friends or you into cooperative pretend games. This links imagination to social and communication growth.
- **Protect unstructured time** — creativity needs unhurried, screen-light space to breathe.
- **Notice the whole child** — a tall strength in one area is a chance to check it is well supported by play with peers, language and everyday self-help skills, so development stays beautifully rounded.

## When a re-check helps
Abilities grow and shift, so a periodic re-assessment helps you see how this strength matures and how other domains progress alongside it. Book a re-check if you ever notice play becoming very rigid or repetitive, difficulty playing *with* other children, or if a strength in one area seems to outpace language, attention or social connection — a clinician can look at the whole picture.

## The Pinnacle way
AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional — never from an app or online form. Across [70+ centres in 4 states](/), our [700+ therapists](/) help families turn strengths like this into springboards for whole-child growth. Learn how this band is read in [how the AbilityScore® is calculated](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated), and explore play-rich [child development therapy](/child-development-therapy) to keep building on it.

## Trusted sources
American Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org) on the power of play in child development; WHO Nurturing Care Framework on responsive, play-based early development; ASHA guidance on play and language.

**Next step —** Want to see how this strength fits your child's whole profile? [Book a Pinnacle AbilityScore® review](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated).

This is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

## Sources
- AAP HealthyChildren.org — the power of play: https://healthychildren.org
- WHO Nurturing Care Framework — play-based early development: https://nurturing-care.org
- ASHA — play and language development: https://asha.org

## Connected topics and perspectives
- Abilities: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/abilities
- Parent: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/stakeholder/parent
- Social: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/domain/social
- Support: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/intent/support
- Measure: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/lifecycle/measure
- Book Assessment: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/route/book-assessment
- As 900 1000: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/score_band/as_900_1000
- Mainstream Inclusion: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/empowerment/mainstream_inclusion

## Related question paths

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- What is Play & Imagination in child development?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-is-play-and-imagination-in-child-development
- What Play & Imagination represents and when delay is significant: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-play-and-imagination-represent-developmentally-and-when-is-a-delay-in-it-clinically-significant
- Which ICF functioning domain does Play & Imagination map to in early childhood?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/which-icf-functioning-domain-does-play-and-imagination-map-to-in-early-childhood

### Recognise signs & concerns
- What does a delay in Play & Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-a-delay-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child

### Understand assessment
- What an AbilityScore of 900–1000 in Play & Imagination Means: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-900-1000-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- How is Play & Imagination assessed?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-is-play-and-imagination-assessed
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- Amber Zone in Play & Imagination: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-is-in-the-amber-zone-for-play-and-imagination-what-does-that-mean
- Green zone for Play & Imagination: what it means: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-is-in-the-green-zone-for-play-and-imagination-what-does-that-mean
- My child is in the red zone for Play & Imagination — what does that mean?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-is-in-the-red-zone-for-play-and-imagination-what-does-that-mean
- What does an AbilityScore of 0–100 in Play & Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-0-100-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 100–200 in Play & Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-100-200-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What an AbilityScore of 200–300 in Play & Imagination Means for Your Child: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-200-300-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What an AbilityScore of 300–400 in Play & Imagination Means for Your Child: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-300-400-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 400–500 in Play & Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-400-500-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child
- What does an AbilityScore of 500–600 in Play & Imagination mean for my child?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/what-does-an-abilityscore-of-500-600-in-play-and-imagination-mean-for-my-child

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- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 800–900: Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-800-900-what-are-the-next-steps
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 700–800: Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-700-800-what-are-the-next-steps
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- Play Skills AbilityScore 900-1000 - Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-skills-abilityscore-is-900-1000-what-are-the-next-steps
- Pretend-Play AbilityScore 700–800: Your Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-pretend-play-abilityscore-is-700-800-what-are-the-next-steps
- Play & Imagination amber zone — what to do next: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-is-in-the-amber-zone-for-play-and-imagination-what-should-we-do-next
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- Red zone in Play & Imagination — what to do next: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-is-in-the-red-zone-for-play-and-imagination-what-should-we-do-next
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore — Next Steps for Parents: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-0-100-what-are-the-next-steps
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 100–200 — Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-100-200-what-are-the-next-steps
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 200–300 — Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-200-300-what-are-the-next-steps
- Play & Imagination AbilityScore 300–400 — Next Steps: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/my-child-s-play-and-imagination-abilityscore-is-300-400-what-are-the-next-steps

### At home & in everyday life
- How can I support my child's Play & Imagination?: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-can-i-support-my-child-s-play-and-imagination
- How Therapy Improves Your Child's Play & Imagination: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-can-therapy-improve-my-child-s-play-and-imagination
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