Education and Psychology

Play-Based Learning Approaches

Play-Based Learning Approaches

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    • Describes structured and unstructured play formats that support cognitive, social, and physical development.
    • Integrates learning objectives into play centers-math manipulatives, dramatic play scenarios, and science exploration stations.
    • Emphasizes the teacher's role as facilitator-observing interests, extending play themes, and introducing new challenges.

Charlotte Green is an experiential-learning advocate specializing in play-based learning approaches for preschoolers. She earned her Ph.D. in Early Education, researching the scaffolding of play themes to nurture problem solving and collaboration. Charlotte has co-designed outdoor classrooms that integrate loose parts, sensory gardens, and construction zones. She publishes frameworks for play documentation and reflective practice journals. Charlotte leads training on facilitating child-led investigations and tiered scaffolding. Her current work examines the role of teacher-child co-construction in sustained shared thinking.