Games that help children learn, even in COVID-19
[Scroll down for instructions to play games at home] Maurice Mahoney, aged 7, from Kilmarnock Primary & Infant School in St. Bess explains it best, “I love playing games so that I can learn!” Started by the Breds Foundation in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, with support from UNICEF, EduSport is a games-based approach to learning being…, Play is serious business, “Play is the work of children and it is what they do best,” reasons Melissa Taylor, who is studying for a degree in Early Childhood Development and is also a mother who enrolled her daughter Torian Thomas in Red Bank Primary, a school that implements EduSport. Since then, mom and dad Micoy Thomas, credit the school and EduSport for boosting Torian…, Easy for parents to learn, “Parents are enjoying it,” says Nesha Robinson, coach at Clapham Primary & Infant School.“They will ask me how to play a game at home and I will have no problem and explain. Children have always been telling the adults about the games, who are keen to learn more. When they see them playing, they’ll keep asking their children, ‘What’s the name…, Games to try at home:, 1. Treasure Hunt 💎 Instructions: Each child needs to have an empty box or bag. Bring the children to an open area where they will be safe to run around and pick things up. In a certain amount of time (i.e. 10 minutes) the children must collect as many things from a list given to them. The first person to reach back to the base with all the items…
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