I believe that Kindergarten years are very crucial for children's development and play plays a very important role. Our schedule allows us to have these uninterrupted play-based learning time twice a day for an hour each. At first, I use to think that my students are just wasting their time, but when I started engaging with them and participating with them, it started to make more sense. The children were not just playing, they were using their oral language to communicate with their peers, solving problems, doing math, writing and much more!
I started taking lots of pictures and started documenting and writing quotes. Now my students ask me to come and take pictures so they can talk about it later. It's fascinating how they remember what they were doing and can recall what they were doing even the next day.
Here are some of the pictures of play-based learning from my classroom...
Desert by C.T & W.H. (Sand Table)
Marble Run designed and built by: K.P. & L. W.
My Castle. By: S.S.
Hospital By: L.W.
Princess Castle By J.Z., M.H., S.B. & C.T
Pirate Ship - By: K.P., D,P., E.W., A.B. S.J. & W.N.
Car Tunnel - By: L.W., E. W. & M.J.
Rhyming Words and Word Wall Words - By: J.Z.
Several students worked on this building using straw connectors.
My House - By: L.W.
Bird House - By: J.P.
School - By: M.J. & A.B.
Beautiful Day - By: J.Z.
Pond & Flowers - By: M.H.
Mario's Car - By: J.P. & K.W.
Short Tower & Plan - By: J.P.
Experimenting with Balance Scale
Gift for mom
Which is your favourite cookie? By: L. W.
Material List - By: K.P. & L.W.
Writing our friends names
We wonder if the snow is clean for us to eat? Survey By: M.D. & D.P.
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