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TWO REALITIES: Children's lives have two realities. One is the temporal, pragmatic, moment by moment reality, where they are driven by activity, squeezed by demands, guided by schedules, dictated to by time-lines and shunted to and fro by the day-to-day demands of their lives… a place where time matters. The other is their world of dreams and imaginings. This is their place of play and ideas; of art and creativity... the place of magic and fantasy... a place where time dissolves.
Many children learn and develop most effectively in environments where they are encouraged to function like artists making art, where they are engaged in meaningful and open-ended explorations of themes or ideas within a framework, whose scaffolding is supported by teacher initiated activities. This is an environment where both logical and creative thinking are equally valued; where the temporal and imaginative realms of a child co-exist.This is the place from which our play package for Hickory Dickory Dock has evolved.
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