A good preschool in Chandler doesn't just teach your children. It encourages them to love learning. And one way that we accomplish this is by the power of play.
Your Chandler Preschool and Why Play is Crucical
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As we covered previously, during play children are learning important lessons. They learn rules and fair play, and boundaries as well. There seems to be a proven connection between play time and learning and social development. This is key to your children succeeding in school.
The right sort of pretend play, for example helps children to develop abstract thought, empathy, early literacy and problem solving skills. As a professional Chandler preschool, we know the importance of all sorts of play. When children play, they start to develop ideas and test them with situations, people, and objects. All of these tests help them later on with academic learning.
Play helps your children develop physical, social, thinking, language and other skills. It has been pretty well established that young children don't learn merely by sitting in rows in a classroom. They learn by playing. Children learn best with things that they consider interesting. And play keeps them interested, so they are motivated to learn. In the past twenty five year or so there has been a sort of revolution regarding teacher and student roles. A lot of people don't realize that a lot of times, children learn even more from each other.
Preschool and Child Development
Why does play time matter at a preschool? When children play, the concepts they share and skills they possess expand. When a child is learning to write her name, she's also learning symbolic intelligence. She knows what an A is and the fact that it represents a sound. As children learn, the best thing that a teacher can do is to encourage them. And even at a very early age, children are looking for knowledge that motivates them to learn. Learning to write one's own name is the beginning of identity. And again, it is an abstract concept. A-N-N-A is not just a collection of letters, it is a name.
Story play helps children to learn language skills, and also stimulates their imaginations as well as their creativity. So as you see, play is not just play. It is a clever way for children to learn in the way that is ideally suited for them. And as your preschool in Chandler, we not only understand the importance of play, we encourage play.
