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The Magic of Family Play
Here at Best Start Kelvin Street, Family Play is an everyday experience that the children explore. They enjoy taking on different roles by dressing up in costumes and cultural clothing, as well as having meals with their friends and engaging in conversations.
Family play also includes exploring finger puppets and role-playing different stories that they have heard and retelling them in their own ways. Our teachers are always there to support the children by finding new ways for them to express themselves through this form of creative arts. There are many benefits of family play exploration for children. It can support their social competency through interactions with friends, provide opportunities for them to improve language skills through communication.
Family play also allows children to express their emotions and explore different roles, while learning about cooperation through turn-taking with friends. Tamariki | children of all ages love to explore our family play spaces and enjoy the opportunity to have fun and engage in an environment where they can be themselves.
Many children enjoy the experience of exploring new roles while dressed in different clothing, and the teachers support them by setting up additional experiences that extend this interest and help further their learning. Cooking and baking in the family play spaces is a daily experience that the children enjoy, as they pretend to be in other environments where they may have observed the experience they are role-playing happening and are making connections to the wider world through their actions.