The FUNdamental Powers of Play by KBYU Eleven Ready To Learn

http://www.kbyutv.org/kidsandfamily/readytolearn/

The FUNdamental Powers of Play Children learn about their world through play and exploration. Parents and caregivers can facilitate educational play with the use of age-appropriate media, hands-on activities and quality children's literature to maximizing learning opportunities and promote healthy development. This workshop helps adults recognize a child's need to "play" as part of the learning process.

The participation notebook includes the following sections:Learning Triangle Activity Sheet Why Is This Important to My Child? What Can I Do for My Child? Book List, Activities Additional Resources, http://kbyutv.org/kidsandfamily/readytolearn/file.axd?file=2011%2f3%2f6+FUNda...

Programs featured in this Ready To Learn® Workshop are:
• Sesame Street clips courtesy of Sesame Workshop
• Clifford the Big Red Dog clip courtesy of Scholastic

Children's Books featured in this Ready To Learn® Workshop are:
• It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
• Two Eyes, a Nose and a Mouth by Roberta Intrater
• Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
• Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood

Special Thanks to KBYU Eleven gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations that contributed to the design and creation of this workshop and the thousands of workshop participants whose questions and suggestions inspired our work: Stephanie Anderson, Carrie Allen Baker, Barbara Leavitt, Aubrey McLaughlin, Theresa Robinson, Public Broadcasting Service, and United Way of Utah County.

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