"Play is the highest form of research."
—Albert Einstein
Children learn through play—and if play is research, then your kiddo is a researcher. To support our researchers, libraries have been busy making spaces ready and accessible so children may engage in active learning.
Active learning involves the whole self interacting with our environment and reflecting on our interactions. Play provides opportunities for children to problem solve, gain social-emotional skills and helps them get ready to read! Who knew fun was such serious work? When you visit your library, you'll find a space dedicated to various types of play. Play can be sensorimotor, role play, rule-based, constructive and/or physical.
Children learn through all types of play and now your library is ready to meet the play demands of even the most discriminating researcher. Blocks? Got it covered in triplicate. Board games? Check. Science-based excitement? Yup. Materials to create a world of your choosing? Of course. Items to practice working with letters and writing? No doubt.
So stop in and play today, or visit the Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch during our Play Day program at 10 a.m. every other Tuesday to try a new activity and meet other researchers and their caregivers.
