Learning Through Play

Why play is how young children learn best, and what purposeful play looks like in our classrooms.

A bright Learningville classroom in Passaic with child-size tables, learning centers, a world-map rug, and hand-painted farm murals

Young children learn best by doing. In our classrooms, play has a purpose: teachers set up hands-on activities, then guide children as they explore, build, create, and ask questions.

What purposeful play looks like

  • Art and fine-motor projects, like coloring, cutting, and crafting
  • Building letters out of everyday materials, like pasta, and practicing names
  • Science, technology, engineering, art, and math woven into activities through our STEAM approach
  • Learning centers, a reading rug, and room to move

See how play fits into a day at Learningville.