This study examines parents’ views on the changes in their children’s play at thebeginning of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) process. The study sample consistsof 38 parents, twenty mothers, and eighteen fathers who reside in different city centers(Trabzon, Istanbul, Bursa, and Ankara) in Turkey and have children between threeand six. The data were collected with “demographic information form” and “open-endedquestion form” created by the researchers. Data were collected online via ‘Google Forms.’Descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research,it was found that children’s play differs according to the type of play, play area, materialtype, and playing time with parents. The change in the type of play consisted of an increasein pretend play, an increase in educational plays, an increase in board games, an increase in plays involving art activities, a decrease in play behaviors that requires beingphysically active, an increase in building plays, and an increase in science and natureknowledge plays. The change in material type consisted of an increase in the use of technologicaltools. The change in the play area consisted of a decrease in outdoor play andan increase in indoor play. These results are discussed with the relevant literature. Changein playing time with parents consisted of increase in playing with mother and increasein playing with father. These results are discussed within the framework of the relevantliterature.