Mwanzo PlayClub

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” – Emilie Buchwald

The Magic of Dandelions A collaborative art exploration by Early Childhood Educator Sandra Burwell and Producer Audrey Favorito

Children learn best when given the opportunity to play and explore.
The magic is in the detail and the detail different to everyone.

The Magic of Dandelions A collaborative art exploration by Early Childhood Educator Sandra Burwell and Producer Audrey Favorito

Play is essential to the development of young children, it helps them to explore and understand their world. The benefits of play are seen across all domains of child development, physical, social, emotional, cognitive development and communication.

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Studies have shown that what the brain needs most during the preschool years in order to function optimally later is repetitive play, creativity and security. Child development experts do not advocate for an academic environment for a preschooler. An academic environment provides skills that will easily be learned later.

A preschooler needs A LOT of stimulation. This can be diverse and challenging experiences during free play, exposure to new places and people, walks out in the fresh air, story telling, as well as downtime.

Mwanzo Playclub?
Mwanzo is offering a playgroup for toddlers. Playgroup is an informal gathering where parents and carers get together with their young children for a couple of hours each week to connect, learn through play and most importantly, have fun. Essentially, playgroup is one of the first, and most important social networks for children and families. Mwanzo playgroup is a space that is all about nurturing children by supporting their emotional and social growth (all while having a LOT OF FUN!).
We believe that the first and most important education for any child is their social and emotional development before tackling the intellectual development.
Activities at Playgroup involve craft, indoor and outdoor play, messy play and many more activities all aimed at developing the child socially and emotionally. The carers can learn new ideas for play at home, and share their experiences as they make new friends in a relaxed environment for truly it does take a village to raise a child. Think of Mwanzo as a chance to enhance and grow your village!

PEGS! ordinary, pegs. they help develop eye hand coordination, and fine motor skills, including the pincer grasp (thumb and index finger) all crucial to fine motor development and control. A couple of months ago when we started the kids were not able to grasp and release the pegs. You should have seen them today!