Kindergarten scrapbooks aren’t just your child’s keepsake – they’re central to learning

Only to the untrained eye do the artefacts children create in a play-based learning activity look simple and straightforward: perhaps like play itself.

Noticing what is happening in children’s development is one of the primary methods that early childhood educators use to assess and support their students’ learning.

To the untrained eye, the artefacts that children create as they engage in a play-based learning activity look simple and straightforward, perhaps a bit like play itself. However, upon closer examination, these artefacts offer a window into children’s thinking and concrete evidence of their learning.

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