child curiosity

Children's learning is driven by curiosity. It motivates their explorations, discoveries and understanding. Guided by curiosity, children interact with the world around them using their senses.

Children observe phenomena, look at interactions and try to find relationships and patterns to create meaning. Curiosity leads to asking questions, observing closer or longer, and interacting with objects in new ways.

By providing and creating new experiences we aim to pique children's curiosity with the intent of generating new learning. This could be sharing or presenting objects and information in a new way.

Children are encouraged to choose and explore different activities and learning materials. We provide many opportunities to guide children's play. This includes open-ended toys and materials so that the children have their own agency rather than being constricted towards a single narrative. For example, wooden blocks are an example of an open-ended toy.

The language that educators use with children when engaging in dialogue is important. We ask children open-ended questions to help guide their thinking and deepen their understanding. This encourages children to to express themselves creatively and to offer their own ideas.