Every parent understands it can be difficult to find quality childcare, especially at the last minute. Obviously, you need a person or team you can trust to keep your kids safe and to take care of their basic needs while you are away, but ideally, you also want to make sure your kids can have fun during that time. Fortunately, our team at KidSpot offers an ideal way to get both—simply bring your kids to our children’s playplace the next time you need childcare, and they will get great care and plenty of opportunities for fun.
In this article, we will go over a few reasons why we encourage you to take advantage of our children’s playplace for your childcare needs.
- Play Teaches Planning Skills – At our children’s playplace, we focus on self-directed play. This means that while our staff are always on hand to supervise your children and make sure they stay safe, the adults do not initiate the games or activities. Instead, we let the children choose their own games and develop their play scenarios, both of which help them practice essential planning skills.
- Play Teaches Emotional Regulation – Another reason why we encourage you to bring your kids to our children’s playplace is our free-play approach helps children practice important emotional regulation skills. When kids play, they often disagree, and emotions can become heightened when games go off the rails. These situations help children practice the skills they will need to get along with others as they learn to identify when they are in the wrong, apologize, compromise, and resolve disagreements.
- Play Teaches Problem-Solving Skills – At our children’s playplace, your kids will also get to practice problem solving skills as they plan and execute games and activities with minimal adult intervention. When obstacles arise in the course of their play, they will get to use their skills to figure out a solution themselves.