At Silver Oaks, children spend a lot of time learning through play. Whether they’re playing math games, enjoying outdoor time, or involved in group projects like making complex structures from blocks, our students are always building on the “six c’s.”
“Collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation and confidence.”
It turns out we were onto something. According to Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and co-author of Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children with Roberta Golinkoff, “Everything goes through the social.” In other words, we’re wired to learn from interacting with others.
To hear an interview with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek on NPR click here: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/769052767/the-key-to-raising-brilliant-kids-play-a-game
“Ms. Christine: During Social Studies, we continued chatting about Rules, Laws and Authority Figures. The children made up their own game with their own rules; a big cone and a small cone, a big bear and a small monkey and medium dog were involved. No one won and no one lost. It was inconclusive how exactly the game ended.”