Play to Learn Pre K

Play hits all four domains of child development, of course we intentionally facilitate play!

Build on a topic of interest in conversations with littles to promote oral language development. Extending conversations past a few turns back and forth promotes vocabulary, receptive and expressive language and phonemic awareness, all early indicators of future literacy success!! Stop what you’re doing to pretend, explain, add in feelings or details.

Turns out just talking to our kiddos makes a difference!

Excited to be sharing about play-based centers at the TXAEYC conference in October! Join us for a weekend of EC learning and fun ❤️🎉

It's shaping up to be a busy fall!

Excited to be sharing about play-based centers at the TXAEYC conference in October! Join us for a weekend of EC learning and fun ❤️🎉 It's shaping up to be a busy fall! #playtolearnprek #earlychildhoodeducation #playbasedlearning

Austin Parks get $8.1 million for improvements from ACL festival 👏 👏 👏 Nice work, Austin!

Why do we value play?

There is little evidence that prioritizing early, direct academic instruction has long term benefits. Instead, to name just a few, the evidence shows that the benefits of play include...

🧠Cognitive Skills: critical thinking, reasoning, working memory, problem solving, processing
🗣Language Skills: communication, vocabulary, verbal language, negotiation
💪Physical Skills: fine & gross motor, hand eye coordination, balance, stress management
💚Social & Emotional Skills: interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, self-regulation, understanding and responding to emotions

There isn't enough space! Given an intentionally prepared environment and the chance to choose, all our children will thrive!