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Theory library

Learning Through Play

HighScope

Active Participatory Learning

Focus

Children learn best from experiences they plan, carry out, and reflect on themselves — plan-do-review.

Key concepts

  • Plan-do-review sequence
  • Children as decision-makers
  • Consistent daily routine

In the classroom

Before center time a child announces her plan — "blocks, a tall zoo" — and afterward tells the group what worked and what fell down.

See it in practice

Every Edfable simulation connected to this theory — and why it applies.