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Weekly Food for Thought…

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Dear room 108 families

Play is the way to learn new information in the way that suits you best. It is taking an interest in something and becoming engaged with it for a long period of time. Being told to do something is one thing, but to learn it all by yourself through play will lead to better results.

“Play is the highest form of research”

“Guided play features child agency and gentle adult guidance toward the learning goal.” Guided play represents an enhanced discovery and it is a model set for learning too. Through the different types of play, students will be able to meet their standards. 

NAEYC. (n.d.).  The Case of Brain Science and Guided Play: A Developing Story (Links to an external site.) . Retrieved from https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/may2017/case-brain-science-guided-play

Play in our classroom

In my classroom I’d use

· Sensory play

. Playdough

. Sand

. Felt boards

· Language 

. Setting up a center with books for students to be intrigued about

· Dramatic play

. Set up a scene and let the children come up with their own play ideas

· Active play 

. Have walking beams, music, other equipment to encourage physical activity

· Block Center

Children are the drivers of the classroom, the teachers just give them the instructions that goes with it.

Play is integrated into learning by have the five spheres of development in the classroom. In the active zone, the students will have motor development to increase the growth of her muscles and coordination. The block center will have problem solving centers to meet the cognition development. The language center will develop communication skills through literacy. Dramatic play can help both social-emotional development and self help skills. It can teach the students to work together and to learn self help skills.