Baldwin Pre-School Centre
"Where Children's Work Is Play"
The following activities take place
at our pre-school on a daily basis:
- meeting friends
- discovering the world of toys
- exploring how things work
- looking at the books
- listening to the music
- sharing
- pouring and measuring in the sensory bin
- having different experiences in a mostly child group situation vs. a mostly adult situation
- developing and expanding their language abilities
- having creative art experiences
- having cooperative play experiences
- learning to share adults attention
- learning social skills needed to play games and make friends
- building with materials that may not be available at home
- using "messy" art materials in a space provided for experimentation
- trying on different personalities with clothing
- becoming independent
- comparing and contrasting different experiences
- learning from others while broadening their horizons
So you see, what looks like play is really hard work!