{"id":1166,"date":"2020-11-02T03:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T03:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/?page_id=1166"},"modified":"2026-02-12T22:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:47:22","slug":"play-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/early-childhood\/play-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Play-based learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>What should kindergarten children be learning? How do they learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Expectations%20for%20the%20kindergarten%20year.pdf\">Expectations for the kindergarten year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Kindergarten%20principles%20and%20resources.pdf\">Principles for play-based learning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/learning centre set up.pdf\">Room design and layout<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/art activities.pdf\">Organization of art materials<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/play activities.pdf\">Setting up play-based learning centres<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Fun activities &#8211; learning through play<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Activities-to-make-or-collect.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Activities-to-make-or-collect.pdf\">Activities for make or collect<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/School%20Holiday%20Bingo.pdf\">School holiday Bingo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Teddy%20bear%20picnic.pdf\">Teddy Bear Picnic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Scavenger%20Hunts.pdf\">Scavenger Hunts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Building.pdf\">Building<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Imagination.pdf\">Imagination<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Painting.pdf\">Painting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Playdough.pdf\">Playdough<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Playdough%20-%20parent%20info.pdf\">Playdough &#8211; parent information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Water%20play.pdf\">Water play<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Fine%20Motor%20Activities%20for%20Home.pdf\">Fine motor activities for home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Fine%20Motor%20Development.pdf\">Fine motor development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/bm\/images\/docs\/Gross%20Motor%20Development%20.pdf\">Gross motor development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should kindergarten children be learning? How do they learn? Expectations for the kindergarten year Principles for play-based learning Room design and layout Organization of art materials Setting up play-based learning centres Fun activities &#8211; learning through play Activities for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1055,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9511,"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1166\/revisions\/9511"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}