In Team Awa we have learning through play time three mornings a week before our dedicated literacy and numeracy times.
In the photos below you can see some of the children's rich learning experiences during this time.
We practice our shapes, words, letters, numbers and fine motor skills as we draw and write with chalk.
Sometimes mysterious dinosaur footprints appear and our storytelling skills are tested through pretend play.
We develop our persistence and imaging skills as we work on hard puzzles.
Our fine motor skills, forward planning and creative thinking come in to play as we create with the blocks, k'nex and construction toys.
We develop a story together and practice our oral language through pretend play when we use the dolls house, dinosaurs, puppets, cars, robin hood set and soft toys.
The drawing table helps to develop our creativity, our fine motor skills and strengthen our pen grip.
We have many different puzzles and games to help us remember our letters, blends, numbers and sight words.
This is just one morning of learning through play in Team Awa, the activities and the learning can change on any given day to keep in interesting for the students and to encourage them to mix with different students and different activities. The whole time students are developing their oral language skills and social skills and becoming more and more confident with each other and within the classroom.
