Learning in All Things Play

At first glance, it may seem that children are playing without a purpose. But, if you look closer at the play children are engaged in, you'll find purpose, learning and development in all that the do.
Here Lily is playing with the pegs from the peg board, but you'll notice, she's classified them in neat rows of green, red, blue and yellow. Important skills for reading and math!



Lily plays (and works) hard with her small motor skills to neatly place the pegs together in color sorted rows.








I love watching the pure joy of children playing in the water table, but it's more than just a fun experience.
Many math and science learning opportunities come from water play. Volume, gravity, floating or not floating, temperature, measurements and numbers are just a few of the things children can learn.