The Need for Unstsructured Play

Course code ECCE 1513

Credit 0.0

Length 4.0 hours

Course outline View

Children’s time today is more structured than it has ever been at any other point in modern history. This workshop will identify some ways unstructured play affects child development and explore some types of experiences that facilitate children’s independent learning through play.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • The importance of unstructured play
    Ways to engage children in self-directed play
    Creating opportunities for children to independently create and pose solutions for their own problems

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.