by Nicholas Phillips, Director of Early Education, Millbrook
Millbrook Early Education Centre adds natural play area as a place for ‘play and learning’ just in time for the new school year.
The crooked house “Kiknu”.
There has been a movement to move all learning places to a more child-led/Montessori/Reggio approach. There are always pros and cons to new learning approaches. There are however, questions that must be asked by the play providers; these questions should include how “play” is defined, and how play can best be implemented within early education facilities. Different definitions lead to different choices and implementations, but that is okay.
From the classroom to the outdoor natural play area, learning is continuous at the Millbrook Early Education Centre. However, the terminology for ‘play’ at times can be abstractive and in many ways interpreted in different ways, depending on how it is being used and observed. When we look at the abstraction of ...
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