“How on Earth does she know how to subtract using decimals???”
I just love it when my husband is blown away by the knowledge of our little ones! Of course this was not at all found in our Grade One math curriculum – it was discovered through play!
Play-based learning is THE WAY to teach little ones. And it is as simple as diving into a good theme.
Norah, for example, was having the time of her life playing with The Little Flower Shop.
As she played, she was …
- coloring beautiful flowers,
- setting shop hours,
- writing orders and receipts,
- and calculating change needed after a purchase!
Not to mention all of the oral language she was developing as we played.
So, let’s see how playing in this way translates into academic skills she will be having experience with down the road …
- as she colored she was building important fine motor skills
- setting the shop hours taught her about time lapse and telling time
- As she wrote she practiced letter formation and phonetic spelling, as well as number recognition and formation
- And making change for happy customers taught her (quite complicated) addition and subtraction in the most hands on and concrete way.
I am so passionate about play-based learning!
Now that some of my children are almost grown, I can see again and again how using the power of play has taught them skills to last a lifetime. All of my children have picked up huge, complicated math concepts quickly and easily. Why? They have played with these concepts as little ones!
So, how can we keep play-based learning at our fingertips as Mamas?
How can we build a whole play-based learning library?
With the How Wee Learn Community Membership! 🎉 Doors are re-opening in 6 days on November 3rd 🎉
The How Wee Learn Community Membership includes:
- An Exclusive, Play-Based Resource delivered to your inbox on the 1st of every, single month – building your library one month at a time. (Just like The Little Flower Shop!)
- An Exclusive Masterclass for you to watch at your convenience delivered to your inbox on the 15th of every, single month – teaching you all the things you didn’t know you didn’t know about child development and more.
- A Private Facebook Community to ask questions, build relationships, and grow as a parent.
Doors are re-opening on November 3rd and we would love to welcome you to The How Wee Learn Community Membership for only $14 per month, or $140 for a full year of membership.
Your play-based learning library awaits! See you inside the membership on November 3rd
❤️ When doors re-open, you will be able to join us right here ❤️
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