Why is free play included in the schedule rather than having more structured learning times?
Children make sense of their world through exploration and using objects within relation to each other. Free play allows for children to actively choose how to make sense of their world. Free play also allows for teachers to spend time 1 on 1 with children and to document children’s explorations. Small group learning also occurs during the day because relationships play a large part in early learning. A combination of more structured time and less structured time is used every day with teachers attending to cues children provide.
