Playing is an impulse that is powerfully strong in the life of preschool children. It is as natural to them as breathing and it is how young children learn best. When playing a child is engaging and using their whole brain, pro-social problem solving skills, critical thinking, as well as muscle memory.
For our students this year, COVID-19 has limited the experiences of play that they have had access to participate in throughout the past two years due to the closing of many activities in our community. Head Start programs, civic programs, little league activities, church nursery care, daycare, and sometimes gathering with family and friends has been challenging and inconsistent, at best. We must allow our kids to have opportunities to build strong peer relationships and use play as a means to not only socialize, but to deliver the foundational framework of knowledge that they will build on throughout their education.
The items I have requested will be utilized to enrich our classroom through dramatic play areas. For instance, the food truck will provide endless learning activity through play and will allow students to engage in planning a menu, labeling items, pricing, writing down orders, customer service, counting money, proper social skills of placing an order and so much more! I requested several items that are focused on alphabet and number recognition and fine motor skills. Also, I wish to add a unit of study to include how living things grow and change in the spring. Kids are naturally curious about the world we live in and love to explore space and in addition to the food truck and gardening area, I would like to create an "Outta this World" nook where my students could explore the wonders of space with both elements of fact and fiction! Alien alert!
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Playing is an impulse that is powerfully strong in the life of preschool children. It is as natural to them as breathing and it is how young children learn best. When playing a child is engaging and using their whole brain, pro-social problem solving skills, critical thinking, as well as muscle memory.
For our students this year, COVID-19 has limited the experiences of play that they have had access to participate in throughout the past two years due to the closing of many activities in our community. Head Start programs, civic programs, little league activities, church nursery care, daycare, and sometimes gathering with family and friends has been challenging and inconsistent, at best. We must allow our kids to have opportunities to build strong peer relationships and use play as a means to not only socialize, but to deliver the foundational framework of knowledge that they will build on throughout their education.
The items I have requested will be utilized to enrich our classroom through dramatic play areas. For instance, the food truck will provide endless learning activity through play and will allow students to engage in planning a menu, labeling items, pricing, writing down orders, customer service, counting money, proper social skills of placing an order and so much more! I requested several items that are focused on alphabet and number recognition and fine motor skills. Also, I wish to add a unit of study to include how living things grow and change in the spring. Kids are naturally curious about the world we live in and love to explore space and in addition to the food truck and gardening area, I would like to create an "Outta this World" nook where my students could explore the wonders of space with both elements of fact and fiction! Alien alert!
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