When children play, they are not only developing their creativity, but also essential skills such as communication, problem-solving, and social interaction. For instance, while building with blocks, a child is learning about balance, shapes, and space. When engaging in pretend play, they are expressing emotions, understanding different roles, and developing empathy.

Play also allows children to take the lead in their own learning. They make choices, take risks, and discover what they are capable of doing. This active participation builds confidence and independence which are key qualities for lifelong learning.

In our Early Childhood classrooms, teachers carefully design play-based activities that encourage curiosity and growth. Every moment of play, whether it’s drawing, singing, running, or sharing toys, becomes a valuable opportunity to learn.

Ultimately, play is how children think, communicate, and grow. It is the most natural and powerful way for them to learn about themselves and the world.

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We always start the class warming up our bodies. So, we all make a circle and with the rhythm of the music, we begin to name different parts of the body to warm up. Sometimes, after warming up the body we listen to a song that tells us to do different actions: run, jump, dance around the class, move like animals, etc. Once we finish with the warm-up, it’s time for the main activity!

In this workshop, we practise how to get around jumping with one or two legs, walking slowly, going around the class in tiptoes, etc. We also have different materials such as balls, mats, stairs, hoops, etc. that we use in these sessions.

In this workshop there is always time to play fun games since, through them, we learn many things: follow the rules, take care of the materials we use, take care of our classmates, learn to lose and to win, etc.

Once we finish and before going back to our class, it is time to relax. In order to do so, we always put some relaxing music on and we lay on the floor with our eyes closed. Sometimes, we find a classmate and we do massages to each other and sometimes we even use small balls to do the massages. Once the relaxing time is over, they are ready to go on with their day!