What is play

Play and Social Skills

Why do we care about learning through play? Because more than just about any other activity, play is what promotes the healthy development of your child!

You may be hearing over and over that learning through play is the best way to teach your young child. But what does that mean? And how to you encourage learning through play with your child? Read on for 5 ways to incorporate learning through play in your home in the early years. What…

Learn why play-based learning is so important and how to implement it at home, or in daycare with Wonderschool.

PlayDrMom shares important descriptors of what is learned through play.

1. This pin expresses the importance of play in an early childhood setting. Not only is it healthy for the child but it helps to build secure relationships with other children and can help create a supportive environment.

Risky play may make teachers nervous but children are capable and competent to make their own decisions about how they use their own bodies in unstructured outdoor play.

The 12 Types of Play Infographic depicts how play evolves as children grow, how social development is linked with play, and the important role parents have in supporting children’s learning through play.

Article, "The Benefits of Outdoor Play(from Community Playthings)

play-based learning for prek. How can play possibly align with curriculum, meet standards, and help our students learn? The truth is: children learn best through play – it takes fewer repetitions to fully learn a new concept when it is learned through play and exploration. Play isn’t a break from learning. Quite the contrary, it’s a time where your little learners are developing skills that can’t be taught with worksheets.