Teaching Parents about Play

09/20/2005

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
Clarence Budinton Kelland

Marie Darstein from The Sunshine House in Rock Hill, South Carolina shared this idea:

"It is critical that parents understand the importance of learning through play. We conduct a mock class with parents where half learn about kiwis with a field trip (to the tree in the hall): smelling, feeling, tasting kiwis. They also discuss how they could use kiwis in other areas of learning (if they were really in a class). The other half of the parents learn about kiwis with a coloring sheet and a brown and green crayon — ugh. It doesn't take long for them to understand the benefits of learning by doing and having fun at the same time."

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