Everything I read about in Finland really impresses me. It sounds exactly like what children should be doing. Play is so very very important. I feel lucky that Senor Onion's preschool experience has been play-based learning. Even their science experiments are fun. Today they made a couple of different kinds of paper airplanes to see which ones would fly further/better. The major things that are being taught/encouraged are zipping up your coat, putting on your shoes (after dance class) on your own and how to work through conflict. Senor Onion told me how he and his friend Ailsa were pretending to be a family today. Belle (who was also playing with them and is one of the youngest kids in the class) was their daughter and then they had a couple of baby dolls to round out the family. I had to laugh when he referred to them as "the pretend babies we bought." When I left him at school, he and his friend Sam were pretending to be on a pirate ship selling things. (they have a toy cash register at school)
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Date: 2012-01-26 07:52 am (UTC)Senor Onion told me how he and his friend Ailsa were pretending to be a family today. Belle (who was also playing with them and is one of the youngest kids in the class) was their daughter and then they had a couple of baby dolls to round out the family. I had to laugh when he referred to them as "the pretend babies we bought."
When I left him at school, he and his friend Sam were pretending to be on a pirate ship selling things. (they have a toy cash register at school)