Did you know that playtime is a valuable tool for children to learn and discover new things from the world around them?
Most early education programs like our universal pre k in New York incorporate playtime in the early education curriculum to help promote a child’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Playtime is also a great time for your children to be able to make friends and will allow them to express their character and individuality.
From us here at The Day School of Astoria, here are a few reasons why we think playtime is important for your child’s early development.
- It allows them to explore their environment
In centers like our preschool and daycare in Astoria, New York, your children will be able to freely enjoy and explore their environment under the safe supervision of teachers. Exploration is a great way for children to learn new by allowing them to personally experience new discoveries.
- It promotes opportunities for them to make new friends
Playtime is often the time when children can interact most with other children and make new friends. Playing with other children can greatly improve and promote your children’s social and communication skills which can better help them with their daily learning.
- Playtime can teach them valuable life lessons
Experience is one of life’s greatest teachers and playtime will be filled with new experiences that can teach your children valuable life lessons. For example, playtime encourages the value of sharing by presenting children the opportunity to share their toys with others or by letting other children join and share in whatever fun they may be experiencing at the time.
Like many early education centers throughout the country and us here Astoria daycare in New York, playtime is an essential part of a learning program because of the numerous benefits children can gain from it.
