Join me on a quick tour of my Early Childhood Learning Environment. That's fancy adult-speak for a super fun place I have created in my home. I am lucky enough to have a few parents entrust their most prized possessions with me for a few hours a week and we have a blast together. In more adult-speak it's a bilingual preschool that focuses on ages 3-5.
And for anyone concerned, yes, we focus on Kindergarten readiness. Yes, we spend countless hours on socialization and peer relationships. Yes, one of my biggest focuses is emotional regulation. And yes, the children learn things every minute of every day they spend with me. But shhhh. don't tell them any of that! Because as far as any of them are concerned, they are here to play.
As one of my favorite humans that ever lived said it best, "Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children it is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood" -Fred Rogers.
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