Play is far more powerful for children than many parents realize. It’s actually the key to learning. Researchers and educators across the world have found that play can help enrich learning and develop key skills such as inquiry, expression, experimentation, and teamwork.
At Bumble Bees we are committed to developing a curriculum that creates a child centred environment in line with the Aistear Framework. We are a play-based facility that enables young children to actively pursue their own learning. Our team of staff are dedicated to this, and in planning our activities and curriculum we look at all the developmental areas of child development.
For young children, play is often a full body activity that helps them develop skills they will need later in life. Running, dancing, climbing, rolling—these activities all foster muscle development and help fine-tune motor skills. Children also build their mental and emotional muscles as they create elaborate, imaginative worlds rich with a system of rules that govern the terms of play.