education

Playing for Health and Well-Being in the Early Years

Playing for Health and Well-Being in the Early Years Just as it nurtures children’s holistic development (Hewes, n.d.), play helps to foster children’s health and well-being throughout childhood and beyond (Brown, 2009; Whitaker & Tonkin, 2021). Similarly, play provides children with a supportive context to develop life skills such as self-regulation and resilience, as well […]

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Sharing with Discussions

Sharing with Discussions Remember, you are NOT required to create an account when using Padlet, and you are encouraged to exercise caution whenever providing personal information.  For example, you can log out of your Google account prior to contributing to the Padlet. To protect your privacy, you may wish to use private/incognito browser and, if asked

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Self-Reflection

Self-Reflection Before we dive deeper into this topic, let’s begin by taking a moment to reflect on our own childhood play experiences. In this reflection, we will tap into one of our personal play memories by engaging in an exercise outlined within the  Play Today handbook (Links to an external site.) . The Province of British Columbia

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The Power of Play

  Assignment 2-The Power of Play The purpose of this assignment is for you to further explore the role of play in supporting young children’s health and well-being. In this assignment, you will watch and provide a response to the Nature of Things documentary “The Power of Play.” To further build on your learning from

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