I have written before about the great Parent Child classes at the arboretum. This year is a new teacher, however the program has stayed strong and has been a wonderful experience. It is a lovely mixture of naturalist led activities around a different topic each week, student centered choices and exploration- all peppered with games that include the children and the parents.
This week we played a wonderful version of freeze tag. It involved one person being "it" who turned whoever they tagged into a snowflake. It involved another person being the sun and they ran around unfreezing the others. Since class I have found the boys playing freeze / unfreeze many times since our most recent class. It is through play that children develop deeper understanding and questioning.
I am so thankful for our preschool time when play is such a large part of life. I just hope that this type of teaching and learning can stay a part of life as kids embark on more formal education.
Here is an article on the importance of outdoor play to child development that I recently came across about play and how other countries are trying to work for more outdoor play and naturalized playgrounds in their students lives.
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