Submission Type: Practice-Based
Final Rating: Promising Practice
Date Submitted: Spring 2022
Focus Area: Child Development
Focus Population: Teachers, Owners, Caregivers, Guardians, Administrators, Parents
Contact Information:
Tracy Hinton
Business ConsultantÂ
(918) 397-3007
North Central Resource & Referral
P.O. Box 3245 Bartlesville, OK 74006
Goals and Outcomes:
We would like caregivers and parents to move towards more play-based care. Our goal is to get parents and caregivers the information about how play supports young children's development. Then follow that up with targeted coaching that supports what they have learned. The outcome we are looking for is to see children in child care programs engaging in at least 75% child-led play during their day.
Brief Summary:
The intention of this project is to help providers, caregivers, administrators, and parents understand how play in early childhood is imperative to the development of children. Our proposal is to bring in a play expert to present an all day training that educates these parties on how play in early childhood is imperative to the children’s development. This would be done in a fun and interactive way that will showcase how play is the best form of learning. Many adults believe that rote learning (flash cards, memorization, workbooks, etc.) are the only ways that children are taught. However, research has repeatedly shown that play is the best way for children to grow and develop. Play-based learning IS school readiness. Because the research shows that follow-up support helps the information be retained long-term, then the next part of our proposal is to follow up the training with some targeted coaching. This would include allowing early childhood educators to request time with a coach who supports them as they transition to a play-based learning approach. To determine the success of our project, we would conduct pre and post assessments to measure the outcomes of the training and coaching. The length of our proposed project would be one year.
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