Play-based learning has become increasingly evident in preschools nowadays. It has been recently endorsed by the Ministry of Education [MOE] (National Institute of Education [NIE], 2015), where children learn through exploration of the environment based on their own interests (MOE, 2013). Through this curriculum, children can learn through integrated learning domains, where a teacher's role is to facilitate and guide children through their experiences. Furthermore, there has been a growing discussion on whether preschool should allow children to play, or prepare them for formal schooling (Davidson, 2017). Therefore, our team would like to focus on advocating the benefits of play. 

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In E preschool, there has been a shift in focus from traditional academic lessons to play-based learning, where children are given hands-on learning to learn new concepts. Our project aims to tap on their curriculum expertise to further extend children’s learning.

 

With the needs analysis conducted with the school, it was discovered that parental involvement was an improvement that the school can make for their school activities. Hence, a proposed recommendation of a workshop and take home kit was suggested to involve parents with their child’s learning in school and at home. This project also serves to highlight the importance of parental involvement, and offer parents first-hand experiences to be part of children’s play-based learning.