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What does play-based learning look like in the
pre-primary room?
You may see children:
• Making decisions around the size and shape of a tower to prevent it from falling.
• Making up “shows” with song and dance to practice expressing ideas and to explore story development.
• Using cars and ramps to change speed and direction.
• Sorting through materials to make a boat and testing how it floats.
• Using objects like toothpicks or paperclips as units for measuring.
Sensory Play
engages the five senses—sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste—but it also boosts their language skills and motor skills
promotes exploration, creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving
Gross & Fine Motor Skills
gross motor skills assist in refining our balance, strength, muscle endurance and coordination
fine motor skills helps children do things like eating, writing, manipulating objects and getting dressed
Communication & Language
understand what is going on around us, communicate our basic needs and feelings, hold conversations, think and learn, develop relationships and solve problems
Dramatic Play
encourages use of imagination, adopt different roles, solve problems creatively, express themselves emotionally, and develop their language and social skills
Outdoor Play
can grow physically, mentally, socially and emotionally stronger
encourages resiliency and connections to the world around them
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