You might hear your child say, "We played today!" or "I love math play!" Did you know "play" is much more than just having fun?
Play..
- Enables children to make sense of their world
- Develops social and cultural understandings
- Allows children to express their thoughts and feelings
- Fosters flexible and divergent thinking
- Provides opportunities to meet and solve real problems
- Develops language and literacy skills and concepts
Play also encourages cognitive development through problem solving, mental planning, self monitoring and evaluation. Play Article
Our Creative Thinking During Play
Block Center:
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| This is a hotel in Los Angles. Can you find the Hollywood Sign? |
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| Construction Zone |
Geoboards
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| Today in class we learned the vocabulary word, "represent." Lyric said the flag represented the United States. |
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| The dramatic play center made cheese pizza |
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| Come to the Art Museum |
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| Can you find the letters to spell "Parker" |
Snaps:
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| Together the students made a camp using snaps and then created a blueprint to show their creation |
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| Bryce created a motor for his car |
Pattern Blocks:
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| Practicing symmetry |
Dramatic Play:
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| The students made food for the "birthday party." The brownies and smoothies were delicious! |
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| Lighting the candles on the birthday cake. |
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| You can purchase jewelry from our jewelry store. |
