Play Skillfully
Welcome to Play Skillfully, a podcast from the author of the award-winning curriculum A Year of Playing Skillfully and parent favorite, The Homegrown Preschooler. Join Kathy Eggers as she shares the latest research on the role of play and provides practical ideas to assist you in cultivating wonder and connection with your children.
Kathy is the author of A Year of Playing Skillfully, A Summer of Playing Skillfully, The Homegrown Preschooler and 101 Easy, Wacky, Crazy Activities for Young Children.
Play Skillfully
The Pop-Up Preschool: Teaching Children in the Places They Live
This week Kathy shares how to turn your home into a pop-up preschool over a weekend. Kathy encourages parents to use items from home instead of running out and buying store bought “educational” items. Kathy suggests focusing on developing the whole child by offering a variety of invitations to play throughout the day.
The following are the areas of development that should be included in your pop-up preschool:
• Books
• Sensory Experiences
• Language Arts / Writing Area
• Math / Manipulatives / Fine Motor
• Science Basket
• Outdoor / Gross Motor
• Art
• Self-Help
For more information, check out Kathy's book, The Homegrown Preschooler and curriculum, A Year of Playing Skillfully.
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