The Importance of Outdoor Play
14 Jul, 2014
“Through a chink too wide comes in no wonder” (Patrick Kavanagh). Lately we have forgotten the importance of playing outdoors and instead focused on rote, academic learning. Nowadays once outdoor play is mentioned, words such as messy, dirty, laundry, illness and unhygienic come to mind which is crazy as we forget the benefits such as teaching children how to; • Help themselves such as tying their coats, fastening their shoes and putting on hats. • Share and take turns as individuals and also part of a group using new materials such as sticks, leaves, bugs and flowers. • Express themselves with the…
Choosing a creche to educate and care for children offers many advantages. Social and peer interaction opportunities are obvious as your child’s individual needs are cared for in a group setting. Creches in Glanmire, Cork offering a high quality service value play highly. At Crawford Childcare our entire curriculum is formed around play activities following the Montessori belief that play is the child’s work and Aistear, the National Curriculum for children aged 0 to 6 years. Playing with others increases social competence and maturity. Many studies have linked school success with children’s abilities to interact with adults and peers over cognitive ability. Play allows children…
