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What Do the Grown-Ups Do During Child-Driven Play?
When we start to embrace child-driven, play-based learning, we have to ask: what are the adults supposed to do? If we are offering children open-ended materials and letting...
Space for Possibility: Using Open-Ended Materials in Child-Centered Play
Young children are always at play. Their minds and bodies are wired to explore their world, no matter the location or context. In and around...
How to Incorporate Light and Shadow Exploration into Playtime
Light and shadow are all around us: you don’t need to look far to find natural or artificial light making spaces more interesting. In the...
Enhance Block Play at Home with Three-Dimensional Lines and Shapes
“A simple geometric shape could become any number of things to a child. It could be a truck or a boat or the car of...
There are a few approaches to offering materials to children for play and exploration. There are toys and materials that are accessible to kids in...
Everywhere Materials: Play is Possible All Around Us
We know that children are going to play, no matter what: through good days and bad days, celebrating their interests and digging deep into the...
