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Learning through Play: The Old-Fashioned Way

“Play is the answer to the question, ‘How does anything new ever come about?’”
—–Jean Piaget

What happened to the days when children played with a set of wooden blocks or shape sorters? Why has the fast paced world in which we live, and the rising technological advances replaced simple toys and board games and challenged children to be creative and imaginative in the world that surrounds them?

This seminar will provide an insight to the changes, views and how this shift is affecting the generation of children today. It will provide the chance for parents and professionals to manipulate toys from their generation and see why these toys are important to the children growing up today. Children do not need fancy gadgets that require plugs or batteries to learn, nor do they need toys that do all the work for them. What they do need is the chance to manipulate toys and use their creativity, which is essential to overall cognitive development and learning.

Course Objectives and Activities:

  • Identify normal developmental milestones: including social, speech-language, as well as fine and gross motor skills;
  • Identify age-appropriate toys and activities and the concepts that can be learned through play;
  • Develop a lesson plan for a particular age child given a specific toy or activity;
  • Create an activity that can be used in the car, waiting room at the doctor’s office, bath time, etc. using items around the home.

Workshop Schedule:

Overview of different toys and which ones are appropriate for select ages and targeted concepts

8:30 – 9:00AM Registration and check in
9:00 – 10:30AM Introduction; Developmental Milestones Birth – 8 years
10:30 – 10:45AM Break
10:45 – 12:00PM Overview of different toys and which ones are appropriate for select ages and targeted concepts
2:00 – 1:00PM Lunch
1:00 – 2:15PM Group Activity and Presentation
2:15 – 2:30PM Break
2:30 – 4:00PM Questions/Discussion

Workshop Location and Fees

This workshop will be held at Nature’s Place Therapy & Learning Center. The workshop is limited to 10 participants to allow for greater informality and direct discussions.

The workshop fee is $120.00. A 20% discount will be honored for Triangle of Ability members. Cancellations will be accepted 7 days prior to the start date for a full refund. Thereafter, the fee is forfeited and WILL NOT BE REFUNDED.