Play and Active Learning

Where and with who do we play?

• Home, classroom, outdoors, shared learning areas and local areas with children, parent, teacher and community

• mall, adventure park, safari park and zoo with friends, neighbors and relatives

Children learn best when learning is _________. Although the curriculum has been set out under learning areas, integration is encouraged across all areas of the curriculum.

• connected

• accommodated

• disconnected

• unaccommodated

The _______ identifies clearly the knowledge, skills and understanding and the children are expected to acquire; _______ is planned to take account of the children's differing stages of development with _______of children's progress and evaluation.

• planning, curriculum and careful assessment

• curriculum, planning and careful assessment

• careful assessment, curriculum and planning

Children's planning ideas can be recorded: on a planning board,  notice board, big book, flip chart and large ___________

• KWL grid

• LWK grid

• WKL grid

A ______ activity is one that the teacher wants all children to experience by the end of topic

• focus

• specific

• random

• dedicated

Be flexible; activities may span ______ weeks depending on children's level of interest and ______ engagement.

• several, engagement

• few, involvement

A well-organized, stimulating and _____ environment enables children to become confident, active learners

• child proof

• secure

• child lock

• settled

By giving children the responsibility adults can spend longer period of time _______with children during their play session.

• interacting

• coordinating

• involving

Clear _______ enables children to select and return their own equipment and naturally promotes further opportunities for independent learning.

• labelling

• tagging

• symbolizing

If the classroom is ______, be flexible in the layout of classroom and look towards linking suitable activities.

• limited

• unlimited

• small

• large