PLAY — Where learning starts
Play and learning is not a different thing. It is a false interpretation of an adult but not for a child. Child is a natural learner; an inquirer and they are doing it every single moment every day.
If you observe children, they are continuously doing something and they are deriving something out of it. As an adult, we just see that they are doing something which does not make sense for you but for them it is the only thing they want to do right now on this planet earth.
You just say they are PLAYING. They are JUST PLAYING. Because of this way of looking at it, the word PLAY has become non-worthy and PLAY as well.
Play while Learn, learn while play
I always give open-ended materials to children. And sometimes not even any specific materials rather I just give any natural thing and I wonder how much they learn while they are just playing.
Let me give you an example of what they learn why they are playing with water — JUST water.
When pouring a water from 1 jar to another jar, and repeatedly emptying and filling the jar. Firstly it enhances their fine and gross motor skills, and good physical exercise while they carry, splash and run with water. Secondly, children learn the weight, heaviness of the jar while there is water and lightness when the jar is empty.
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