{"id":23555,"date":"2026-07-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/?p=23555"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:18:46","slug":"unexpected-lessons-every-parent-learns-through-play-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/unexpected-lessons-every-parent-learns-through-play-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Lessons Every Parent Learns Through Play-Based Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”26px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Honestly, before my daughter started preschool, I had assumed that learning looked a certain way and still followed programs like the ones I used when I was younger, which included flashcards or worksheets and depended on a child’s ability to sit still long enough to digest information. What I learned after she started coming home from Celebree School of Stafford is that play can be a powerful tool for teaching. My daughter excitedly identifies dinosaurs by name, sings rhymes when she\u2019s washing her hands, or even ones that help her remember shapes and their number of sides.<\/p>\n

To my child, she\u2019s just at school playing all day and creating memories, and I\u2019ve begun to realize just how much learning can be achieved through engaging activities. At home, we\u2019ve turned preparing dinner into a complete lesson by pointing out different colors of ingredients, counting when adding them, reading instructions from cookbooks together that include identifying letters, and before we know it, we\u2019ve been practicing things like math or problem-solving.<\/p>\n

Children could be building towers from blocks or using their imagination to play pretend with others at Celebree while teachers use these moments to encourage confidence, communication skills, and independence. Educational moments don\u2019t have to be picture perfect, as in fact they\u2019re already around us through bedtime stories and, most importantly, our children asking \u201cwhy?\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover how play-based learning helps children build confidence, problem-solving skills, and a love of learning through everyday experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":23561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399],"tags":[926,711,690,920,705,829,838,844,923,917],"class_list":["post-23555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-celebree-school","tag-child-development","tag-early-childhood-education","tag-educational-activities-for-kids","tag-hands-on-learning","tag-learning-at-home","tag-learning-through-play","tag-play-based-learning-2","tag-preschool-activities","tag-preschool-learning"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/07\/iStock-893618844-1-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/07\/iStock-893618844-1-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Paige Gugliuzza","author_link":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/author\/pgugliuzza\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23573,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23555\/revisions\/23573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}