How to get into Play-Based Learning: Part 1 - What is Play?

LESSON PLANS for the play-based activities featured in this video series: http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/Sc...
Curious about play-based learning but unsure where to start? Use this toolkit to get your students learning in a play-based classroom. (Version française: https://goo.gl/aVFSER)

Through stimulating hands-on activities centred on the Earth and Space curriculum strand, we’ll explore how to harness your students’ natural curiosity and assess learning using both indoor and outdoor programming.

In this video, explore the characteristics of play, and some common misconceptions about a play-based classroom. What do play and scientific experimentation have in common? Watch and find out!

PART 1 – What is Play? (   • How to get into Play-Based Learning: ...  )

PART 2 – Small Steps to a Playful Classroom (   • How to get into Play-Based Learning: ...  )

PART 3 – A Playful Classroom Environment (   • How to get into Play-Based Learning: ...  )

PART 4 – Assessment in a Playful Classroom (   • How to get into Play-Based Learning: ...  )

PART 5 – Educator Strategies for a Playful Classroom (   • How to get into Play-Based Learning: ...  )

OTHER LINKS:
Ontario Science Centre Science School: https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/O...
Science Teacher's Association of Ontario- STAO: https://stao.ca/cms/
Ministry of Education of Ontario Documents: Capacity Building Series –Secretariat Special Edition #32: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacy...
Ministry of Education of Ontario Documents: Growing Success: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfu...