Originally Posted by melilley:
I've wondered the same thing. To me, learning from play is not just watching them play, but the provider themselves, getting involved. I do mostly play based, but I also do some academics by doing a theme, color, letter, and shape of the week and talk about them throughout the day-I like to have a balance also.
some moms at the co-op said that's why they like that the dad's help out too, because most of the moms don't want to play the games the kids like (mostly the boy's games) but the dads are willing to get on the carpet and play with them and show them how to be respectful of the classroom toys (instead of throwing toys around). The dads also tend to not micromanage like the moms do.