Play based learning

Play based
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Learning through play is one of the most important ways children learn and develop. Play is an activity where children show their remarkable ability for exploration, imagination and decision making. Play based learning helps support your childs development and learning by enhancing thier physical, social, emotional and cognitive skillS. It reinforces thier literacy and numeracy skills and helps them to devekopproblem solving skills and conflict resolution abilities.

The Teachers
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Teachers encourage children’s learning through play by:

Providing resources that reflect children’s ages, interests, knowledge, strengths, abilities and culture to stimulate and support play. Resources which allow open ended use of items like blocks or cardboards boxes foster creativity and the ability to manipulate concepts mentally as children. For example, turn a box into a car.

Planning play experiences based on the assessment of children’s individual differences, interests, developmental needs and ability.

Observing children as they play so that they can understand how they play with other children, what skills and understanding they demonstrate in play and what activities can strengthen their skills in play.

Joining in children’s play to extend the child’s learning and to model skills such as reasoning, appropriate language, and positive behaviours.