Comments on: Play Fosters Learning http://www.backyardmama.com/2010/03/02/play-fosters-learning/ Field Notes from the Backyard (R)evolution Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://www.backyardmama.com/2010/03/02/play-fosters-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Kelly Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:06:24 +0000 http://www.backyardmama.com/?p=679#comment-376 My kids love building forts. I didn't realize all the learning involved in this type of play! .-= Kelly´s last blog ..<a href="http://themillermix.blogspot.com/2010/03/lovely-morning.html" rel="nofollow">A lovely morning</a> =-. My kids love building forts. I didn’t realize all the learning involved in this type of play!
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]]> By: Shannon http://www.backyardmama.com/2010/03/02/play-fosters-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Shannon Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:31:31 +0000 http://www.backyardmama.com/?p=679#comment-375 Watching children play is so rewarding too cause I get a real sense of what they can do and create on their own! Watching children play is so rewarding too cause I get a real sense of what they can do and create on their own!

]]> By: Marghanita Hughes http://www.backyardmama.com/2010/03/02/play-fosters-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Marghanita Hughes Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:56:54 +0000 http://www.backyardmama.com/?p=679#comment-374 Well said Shannon, I couldn't agree more-play is fundamental to learning. Thank you! .-= Marghanita Hughes´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.marghanita.com/to-be-creative-is-possible-for-every-child/" rel="nofollow">To be creative is possible for every child</a> =-. Well said Shannon, I couldn’t agree more-play is fundamental to learning. Thank you!
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]]> By: jenny http://www.backyardmama.com/2010/03/02/play-fosters-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-372 jenny Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:49:59 +0000 http://www.backyardmama.com/?p=679#comment-372 You are so right - imaginative / pretend play is sooo important in the early years and kids are intrinsically motivated to play in this way: we just have to supply the resources and watch them go for it! One of the things I have been doing with my preschoolers lately has been providing an array of open-ended natural materials for their imaginative play. Fairy gardens / fairy playgrounds and fairy houses have been really popular (I've written about this on my blog lately) - the kids are so absorbed and creative with things as simple as pine cones and pepples and dirt! You are so right – imaginative / pretend play is sooo important in the early years and kids are intrinsically motivated to play in this way: we just have to supply the resources and watch them go for it!

One of the things I have been doing with my preschoolers lately has been providing an array of open-ended natural materials for their imaginative play. Fairy gardens / fairy playgrounds and fairy houses have been really popular (I’ve written about this on my blog lately) – the kids are so absorbed and creative with things as simple as pine cones and pepples and dirt!

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