Play, Technology and Life Skills in the Early Years

1. Play

2. Play…. Technology…. Life Skills

3. Communication

4. Thinking

5. Self Management

6. Collaboration

7. Questioning

8. Research

9. Reflection

10. If we take the dimension of play away from children and adults, we remove a possibility for learning…. if we stop to ask children what they think – the possibilities abound. Rinaldi 2003

11. Slide 1: NAEYC Play Based Learning Slide 2: The Digital World is Sedentary Slides 3-9: ISM Preschool Program 2010-2011 Slide 10: Reggio Emilio Philosophy Photo by Scott Gutsy Tuason Antartica Collection 2011