#playandlearning

[playscientist]

What if one day, a child presents you with a small personal project that he started to create, just with a few sheets of white paper, colored pencils and a scissors?

What a delight it was to arrive at school at 8am and be presented with a sticker book, made by Gabriel, a 7-year-old boy.

Who has never had a sticker book?

If you don't have one, make one!!

[playscientist]

Do you think that drawing a human model is only for Van Gogh, Picasso or great artists? See what little artists can do. See how they manage to capture the essence of their model.

It was a fantastic day in these children's @imaginário. Today they developed concentration, attention to detail, motor skills in an exploratory way through drawing and painting materials by observing a human figure.

Each child observed the same figure and used drawing and painting materials to communicate what they saw and felt, through the figure model.

Can you imagine, this wonderful moment?

[oyuncaksa-blog]

Fisher Price Eğlen & Öğren Akıllı Saat GMM53 Fisher Price Eğlen & Öğren Akıllı Saat ile haydi başlayalım!   Bebeğiniz  Eğlen ve Öğren Eğitici Akıllı Saat ile oynarken farklı renkleri öğrenir, selamlaşma ifadelerini dinler, sayı sayar, belki de Köpekçik ile sohbet eder! Tüm bunlar olurken zaman hızla akıp geçecek!   Bu  oyuncak  akıllı  saat;  ışıklı  ekranı,  kolayca  kavranabilen  kordonu  ve  bebeğinizin  keşfedebileceği  bir  dolu  aktivite  ile  gerçeğinden  neredeyse  farksız.   Erken dönem taklit oyunları için ışıklı, müzikli ve sesli oyuncak akıllı saat, ister evde ister dışarıda oynamak için idealdir. Yumuşak kayışı sayesinde kolayca kavranabilir, bebeğiniz onu hep yanında taşıyabilir.   Renkler ve selamlaşmalarla ilgili şarkı ve ifadeler için saatin üzerindeki düğmelere basılabilir. Çevrilebilir pim, kadran ve tuşlar minik elleri harekete geçirir.   Gelişim  ve  oyun  bir  arada; İlk  bilgiler: Şarkılar ve eğitici cümleler bebeğinizi renkler ve selamlaşmalarla tanıştırır. İnce motor becerileri: Pimi çevirmek, kadranı ayarlamak veya tuşlara basmak gibi  aktiviteler  bebeğinizin el becerilerini ve el-göz  koordinasyonunu geliştirir. Hayal gücünü geliştiren oyunlar: Bebeğiniz bu gerçekçi akıllı saat tasarımı ile yetişkinleri taklit eder!malar ile tanıştıran şarkılar ve cümleler içerir.   İnce Motor Becerileri: Açma / kapatma düğmesine basma, numarayı çevirme ve düğmelere basma gibi etkinlikler bebeğinizin el becerisini ve el-göz koordinasyonunu geliştirmeye yardımcı olur.   Hayal Gücü ve Yaratıcılık: Gerçekçi akıllı saat tasarımı, bebeklerin ve küçük çocukların taklit yeteneklerini geliştirir, bir yetişkin gibi davranmalarını sağlar!   3 x AG13 (LR44) pil ile çalışmaktadır. Piller ürüne dahildir.   Paket ölçüsü: 8 x 8,6 x 12 c #fisherprice #bebekoyuncaklari #playandlearning #AkıllıSaat #GMM53 #MutluEderOyuncaksa (Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8evVlVBNxW/?igshid=3t3bwdyep80u

[mindgymjainy-blog]

Fishing page. As requested by our client that we would like it without googly eye on the fishes for her toddler. Toddlers are in their stage of exploring and experiencing new things. They love objects moving and anything that makes sound. Plus, putting things in mouth. It was indeed a smart thing to replace googly eye. We do customized activity pages as per our clients needs and desired to the fullest that we can. #mmindgym #fishingpage #quietbook #playandlearning #playtime #travelfriendly #customised #googlyeyes #happyclients #busybag #handmade #kidsloveit #toddlers #kid #busyhands #quietactivity #quietlife #sensorialplay #preschool #lifeskills https://www.instagram.com/p/BpWg2s1lnRP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kqwuo1fbhcen

[naijahousewife]

You were tight clothes that show your ‘love handles’ 🤦🏽‍♀️🙊 . . Feel in the gap... let’s have fun with it! Don’t slack!😃 . . #funthursdays #playandlearning #fashiondesignerinlagos #onlinefashionschool #joinourfacebookgroup #learnwithease #fashionschoolinlagos (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl-BcvWBD86/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wrlt4hrjgkdw

[thedrshah-blog]

Google Hangout with Dr. Brenna Hassigner-Das

This quarter, I am teaching a graduate level course titled ‘Play and Learning in a Participatory Culture’. In this course, students examine games, emerging media, and learning in the context of participatory culture. Students focus on play, its role in learning in social spaces, and the current research around these practices. Students study the issues relating to how schools, organizations, and society are responding to the challenges of emerging technologies. 

Tonight, I invited Dr. Brenna Hassigner-Das for a Google Hangout session to talk about her work with my class. Brenna is a postdoctoral researcher at Temple University in Philadelphia and also a mom-friend (our sons go to the same school). A large part of her research examines children’s play and learning in home, school, and community contexts, particularly for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. 

One of the current projects Brenna talked about was the ‘Urban Thinkscape’. Through this project, the design of everyday spaces like bus stops and underutilized street corners in the city are transformed for families to engage in play and learning. Brenna also talked about ‘Supermarket Speak: Increasing Talk Among Low-Socioeconomic Status Families’, a project that involved installing signs to spur adult-child dialogues in supermarkets serving low and mid-SES neighborhood to support children’s language development and school readiness skills.  

I like my courses to add value to my students’ professional goals and personal experiences. Projects such as UrbanThinkscape and Supermarket Speak allow them to see how play and learning can be introduced in different settings and how experiences are designed to cater to specific groups and their learning needs. 

I am always looking for friends and colleagues to come speak with my students. Drop me a line at [email protected] if you would like me to invite you as a speaker.