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Lena is a passionate teacher. She shows us how she incorporates games into children's everyday learning. She shows us her play corner at primary school and explains why play should not be neglected at school.
Play corner in primary school: playing is also part of the lesson
Play is not a game, it is serious and deeply meaningful. (Friedrich Fröbel)
Playing makes school
When we play in the classroom, we learn - but not vocabulary or arithmetic! We learn without realising it, because the focus is on play. And what we learn is not exactly little. Playing promotes personal and social skills. Children learn to stick to existing rules or invent new rules together. All this happens all by itself in the play corner at primary school.
Those who play, learn! Those who learn, live! If you live, you play! (Jörg Roggensack)
Even losing has to be learnt: children at primary school often find it difficult to lose. But they also have to learn to deal with this. The children must be able to recognise and accept losses. And the winners? Children often celebrate their victory exuberantly and hurt the feelings of their team-mates in the process. Who hasn't said "Ätsch-Bätsch" before? To ensure that both losers and winners want to play together again, it is important to play in a socially acceptable and fair way. Because fairness is very important in the play corner at primary school. Of course, the teacher also has a role to play here: we have to support and encourage the pupils. The loser is more important than the winner. Teachers should be role models and make pupils aware that a fun game in the classroom can also be a win.
Play corner in the primary school promotes different skills
- Stamina
- Concentration
- Losing/winning
- Frustration tolerance
- Tactical play
- Logical thinking