When I Play

When I am playing with Water, I am learning:

That some things sink and some things float
To observe changes as water takes different containers
About different temperatures
About wet, dry and evaporation
What happens when you add soap
Ey-hand co-ordination as I learn to pour.
oncepts of empty and full, volume and weight, which are relevant to
mathematics.
When I am play with Sand, I am learning
To e!ercise my imagination
oncepts of si"e, shape and volume, empty and full
#ow to use tools
To solve problems
oncept of warm and cool, wet$damp and dry, and heavy and light
#ow to play socially with others
To create systems for classifying, ordering and arranging, skills later
used in maths.
To create my own patterns and symbols, skills later used in reading
and writing.
To observe change, a science skill
WHEN YOUR CHILD WORKS WITH PUZZLES
%he has an opportunity to work alone or together with other
children
%he gains satisfaction in completing a pu""le and builds her self-
confidence.
%he has an opportunity to improve her eye-hand co-ordination
%he will use skills learned in doing pu""les later when she learned
to read-putting letters to sounds, making words with letters, and
making stories with words.
WHEN YOUR CHILD USES TECHNOLOGY AND/OR
COMPUTERS
#e learns how machines work and how they can help him learn
more.
#e practices eye-hand co-ordination using the mouse.
#e is able to learn the process necessary to use technology
#e learns how to e!press his ideas through technology and share
his ideas with others.
WHEN YOUR CHILD LISTENS TO MUSIC, SINGS, OR DANCES
#e learns to appreciate music from different countries, cultures,
and time periods.
#e learns to e!press himself and his ideas.
#e increases his vocabulary
#e gains satisfaction from participating in an activity that can be
fun, physical, and$or enriching.
WHEN YOUR CHILD USES MANIPULATIVE ACTIVITIES
%he e!plores new concepts, practices emerging skills, and
reinforces skills already masters.
%he develops fine motor practice.
%he learns about classifying, sorting, predicting, problem solving,
and analysing results.
%he develops her knowledge of the world around her using real
ob&ects and concrete e!amples.
%he learns how to learn.
WHEN YOUR CHILD LISTENS TO STORIES OR LOOKS AT
BOOKS'
#e learns to listen.
#e has an opportunity to increase his vocabulary by hearing new
words read to him
#e learns about different concepts, people and places.
#e learns to en&oy books and reading.
#is mind is stimulated, visuali"ing the things he is hearing about.
WHEN YOUR CHILD COOKS
%he learns to follow directions
%he stimulates and uses all five sense
%he learns to recogni"e colors and shapes from different kinds of
foods and kitchen utensils.
%he has an opportunity to use different tools and e(uipment to
improve small muscle co-ordination.