Play facilitates the development of intellectual skills, and also allows for the application of academic skills. For example, a child playing with water, might use intellectual skills to make a boat, but then apply academic skills to write the name of the boat on the side.
Play is also a time when children develop self-regulation, organization, and working memory. All skills essential for learning academics.
This week’s challenge for Games & Choices time:
It’s Maker Play!
This type of play will help develop the following skills:
- Planning and organization (Creative Thinking and Personal Responsibility)
- Flexibility and perseverance
- Engineering
- Problem solving (Critical Thinking)
Option: Encourage your child make a bigger project: A restaurant, a school, an airport so this becomes a multi-day project.
Some possibilities:
Happy Creating!!
I found a read aloud of Iggy Peck Architect to inspire you…
Thanks to Kristi Mraz! 💗