Learning Through Play: Hands-on Exploration in a Toy-Free Setting

This "Kindergarten Without Toys" course prioritizes a hands-on and collaborative approach, ensuring you gain the confidence to create a stimulating and effective toy-free learning environment:
- Interactive Workshops & Classroom Design Labs: Engage in discussions, collaborate with peers to brainstorm creative toy-free classroom layouts, and experiment with design techniques to optimize your space for play-based learning.
- Playful Activity Exploration & Material Exploration: Get inspired by exploring a treasure trove of engaging play activities that utilize everyday materials. Through hands-on activities, you'll discover the possibilities for fostering collaboration, problem-solving, and exploration with readily available resources.
- Observation & Assessment Techniques: Develop your skills in observing and documenting children's learning during play. Learn how to utilize open-ended questioning and active listening techniques to guide their exploration and effectively assess their progress within a toy-free play environment.

Assessment focuses on empowering you to implement a toy-free classroom:
- Toy-Free Classroom Design Project: Develop a detailed plan for your own toy-free classroom layout, incorporating design strategies and learning areas that cater to exploration, imagination, and social interaction.
- Play-Based Activity Design Challenge: Design and present a sample play-based activity that utilizes everyday materials and aligns with specific learning objectives. This activity will showcase your ability to foster creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration in your students.
- Peer Observation & Reflection: Observe your peers implementing play-based activities in a simulated classroom setting. Provide constructive feedback and reflect on your own teaching practice, considering how to create a nurturing and inclusive environment that empowers exploration and discovery through play.