Early Childcare Education

(Website) Is play merely something fun that all children engage in "just because"? Or is it a way in which children learn? Peter Pizzolongo and Kyle Snow offer a view of play that takes both into account.

(PDF File) The Play and Exploration: Early Learning Program Guide was distributed to the early learning and child care sector in the spring of 2008. The Guide is a resource for early childhood educators to promote high quality, age-appropriate, play-based learning experiences for young children – primarily three-, four- and five-year olds.

(Website) Developmentally appropriate practices like play-based learning are valuable for strengthening many areas of development and learning. This topic aims to show how play-based learning can help support young children’s learning of social-emotional skills, general cognitive development, and self-regulation abilities.

(Website with videos) Early Childhood Educators develop trusting relationships with children and engage with them in playful experiences. They model how to investigate, create, and learn about the world. They teach children how to take safe risks and develop confidence in themselves. Use this website as a resource to discover how your child learns through play.

(Video) It's hard being a person sometimes. Kid President offers up some advice on how to be a person - an awesome person.

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