Trinityhouse Pre-Primary Heritage Hill, a school in Centurion takes pride in their ‘Learn through Play’ approach. This is a play-based curriculum through which children discover and learn for themselves with their teacher’s guidance. There is a strong link between play and learning for young children, especially in the areas of problem solving, language acquisition, literacy, numeracy and social, physical, and emotional skills.
All children need freedom to explore and find out how the world works, and to discover how they fit into the world. Play is a vital part of a child’s optimal social, cognitive, physical and emotional development. According to Nikki Bush and Arthur Goldstuck in their book, “Tech-Savvy Parenting”, ‘too much sedentary activity fails to stimulate the visual, vestibular and proprioceptive systems, which are the foundations for reading, writing and maths later on in a child’s life. Children need to play. Play is the language of childhood. It’s a child’s work – it’s how they learn about the world and find meaning.
