Early play & learning: The 6 basic principles
Learning begins with DOING. And doing requires our hands in particular. Young children are usually constantly busy reaching for things, wanting to „have“ them and take them in their hands. And this is of crucial importance, because in this way...
10 basic activities for early play & learning
A child must have developed the following 10 fundamental play activities and rudimentary movement patterns well enough to be able to play and learn, as all further learning builds on these skills: 1. picking up and putting away: Picking up objects with the...
What do children who can't play and learn need?
More and more children have learning difficulties, leading to an autism diagnosis more and more frequently these days. They often have few activities to engage in, leading to a vicious cycle of fewer and fewer new and closer experiences. This...
Game activity: Form pairs
Matching is first about understanding that two objects form a PAIR because they are more similar than different, even if they are not exactly identical. Early matching begins with learning to match two identical objects that are...
