2. Children Learn Through Play Present By Ellouise M. Smart-Nugent Persuasive Paper For English 312 Dr. Allan Cook Marygrove College 12/5/2006

3. Circle Time  How to organize their thoughts as they talk about their experiences - they learn how to tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end.

4. Creative Appreciation  Music Appreciation/Creative Movement  The children learn the differences between fast and slow, loud and soft all at the same time.

5. Art Projects  Teachers must creative when creating art projects for children. For example, children can use dry crumpled for a collage that teaches the students about life cycles in nature.

6. Outdoor Play  This activity helps to refine a child’s gross- motor (large muscles) skills. It also is crucial to a child’s later success in reading and writing (right arm/left leg and visa versa).

7. Cooking  Cooking helps to foster math skills- count and measure also estimate.

8. Snack Time  Snack time offers an opportunity for children and teacher to share and communicate. Snack unlike lunch is usually a light meal.

9. Dramatic Play  Playing make-believe helps a child to see a grown-up world through their eyes. In dramatic play children see pots, pans, stuffed animals, toy phones, hats and purses help children to dress up and see their parents. Older sibling and even teachers in a different light.

10. Manipulative Toys  Manipulative toys help to develop fine motor skill, which sets the stage for pre-writing.

11. Puzzles  Puzzles help to develop abstract thinking. This helps the child to see a space and envision what goes in there.

12. Library  Children develop literacy and Language skills from books either by looking at them or having them read to the children.