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Darien teachers show play‑based learning driving early‑childhood instruction
Summary
At a special Curriculum Committee meeting March 5, Darien preschool, ELP and kindergarten teachers presented classroom examples, assessments and curriculum units that the district says align play‑based learning with Connecticut Early Learning Standards and the district strategic plan.
Teachers and administrators from Darien School District presented classroom footage, assessment tools and unit plans to the curriculum committee on Wednesday, March 5, highlighting play‑based learning in pre‑K, ELP and kindergarten classrooms.
School leaders said play‑based learning is instructionally aligned with Connecticut Early Learning Standards and the district strategic plan, and described recently written units and scenarios that will be embedded in Eduplanet for spring implementation.
Educators showed a short video of a preschool classroom restaurant project and walked committee members through how a single five‑minute classroom interaction can evidence multiple standards. “When you go back and you look at it and compare it to the Connecticut Early Learning Standards, you see that there’s 14 standards that have been met,” Amanda Mergian, a preschool teacher, told the committee as she unpacked the clip.
Teachers described how…
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