Benalla Kids Cottage

We acknowledge the importance of play in early childhood development. Play is very important ,the most effective tool, and is central to a child’s learning and development. Play is non threatening, spontaneous, and meaningful. Through play babies and young children explore and learn to understand the world around them as they come to communicate, discover, imagine and create. When children play they are showing what they have learned and what they are trying to understand. When children play with other children they create social group, test out ideas, challenge each other’s thinking and build new understandings. This is why play is one of the foundations of the Early Years Learning Framework. By using this Framework Educators/Staff will guide children’s play by carefully designing learning activities and stimulating Indoor and Outdoor learning environments. We also acknowledge that each child is unique and therefore will progress at their own pace.