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- Playful learning helps learners learn academic content and concepts as they develop meaningful relationships with peers. Design for play within the curriculum (not just during recess or choice time) so learners can build relationships around meaningful content and concepts.
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Playful learning leverages the power of active (minds-on), engaging (not distracting), meaningful, socially interactive, and iterative thinking and learning (Zosh et al. 2018) in powerful ways that lead to increased learning.
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Nov 11, 2019 · Teachers use a playful, engaging manner to develop children’s academic skills and knowledge, focusing on playful learning processes, fun and enjoyment, and the use and development of children’s creativity to invite children’s active engagement.
Oct 22, 2019 · A lively discussion on the benefits — as well as some of the challenges — of bringing elements of play into schooling. At Monday’s Askwith Forum, The Power of Playful Learning, a panel of experts came together to discuss how educational settings can more effectively incorporate play into school.
- Empower students to guide their own learning. Get to know kids’ interests, strengths, and what they can contribute to the class. The more you understand your students, the more you can make meaningful connections between their lives and the curriculum.
- Create a culture of collaborative learning together. Build up relationships through play and look for ways for learners to connect to each other. Build knowledge together through purposeful conversations.
- Encourage risk-taking and experimentation. Lead kids in open-ended investigations with no “correct answers” to help them get more comfortable with the unknown.
- Promote imaginative thinking. Invite children to share stories and listen to other people’s stories. For high school students, look at the Storytelling and Story Acting for Older Learners tool.
During playful learning and guided play children are practicing language skills, sorting out conflicts, mastering motor movements, and controlling their emotions and behaviors as they interact, negotiate, and compromise with others.
A key element to consider is ‘learning through play’, or ‘playful learning’, which is central to quality early childhood pedagogy and education.3 This brief will help pre-primary stakeholders advocate for making play-based or playful learning a central aspect of expanding and strengthening the pre-primary sub-sector.
Mar 11, 2019 · It’s possible to play with a purpose. There is a difference between free play and playful learning. While both are important, a pedagogy of play is grounded in playing toward certain learning goals, designing activities that fit in and leverage curricular content and goals.
