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We had a fun-filled and exciting day today. The children kicked the day off using galaxy-themed blue glittery playdough on space-themed mats. Manipulating and rolling the dough into balls made them resemble planets in our solar system. Some of the children looked at images of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the dwarf planet Pluto and mimicked their size with the dough. We also picked out our favourite of the planets.
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Play based learning What is “Play”? Pleasurable-play is an enjoyable and pleasurable activity. Play sometimes includes frustrations, challenges and fears; however enjoyment is a key feature. Symbolic-play is often pretend, it has a ‘what if?’ quality. The play has meaning to the player that is often not evident to the educator. Active-play requires action, either physical, verbal or mental engagement with materials, people, ideas or the environment. Voluntary-play is freely chosen. However, players can also be invited or prompted to play. Process oriented-play is a means unto itself and players may not have an end or goal in sight. Self […]
