By building on children’s interests and joy in discovery, play-based learning also encourages kids to be more curious, Bouffard says. “And personally I think that’s the most important outcome of early childhood education. Because if you have a child who’s curious and who loves to learn,...
Play-based learninghas created its space in the hearts of children and the minds of the parents. It is because of the qualities it offers and comforts it provides to both parents and children. Children experience freedom in it and parents are relieved that their kids are learning as per thei...
Components of classroom setup that are key to play-based learning; learning environment for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; setting up pre-k classroom.
PreschoolTheoretical chemistryVisual ethnography, sustained shared thinkingPlay-based activitiesThe study explores children's emerging understanding of an important science concept in chemistry. Play-based learning activities were designed for children to experience and imagine the concept of 'small' as used...
I am torn. I agree that in preschool (particularly 4 year old preschool) can and should be introducing the “PRE” versions of these concepts and skills, in an appropriate and hands-on, play based manner. Can it be done? Of course! Pre-K teachers do this everyday. ...
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The institutional arrangements for preschool education vary widely around the world, as do the names applied to the institutions. The terms usually given to centres for the care of infants—those in the first phase of childhood (about three months to three years of age)—are infant school, day...
Ms. Cindy Hinterholzl is a Play Based learning specialist from Australia, who is passionate about the early years of child development and the importance of play as the foundation of learning in a child’s life. Cindy is a qualified preschool teacher with over 30 years of experience in early...
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Tensions between ‘free play’ and play as a directed learning activity, between structured curriculum goals and play-based approaches; Availability and quality of outdoor play spaces; Decreased opportunities for outdoor play, the causes of which are socially, culturally and historically situated...