It is generally through play that a child of childcare age  learns about the world around her at home and in the day care setting and then assmiliates what she has learned into her concept of reality.

Preschool children enjoy three forms of play: physical, manipulative, and symbolic.

Physical play refers to activities that involve the use of muscles.  These include running, hopping, jumping, climbing, throwing, sliding and playing with a ball.  Collina Kids Academy offers numerous opportunities through their age appropriate outdoor learning facilities.

Manipulative play refers to activities by which children of childcare age  learns to gain better control over his or her enviornment.  These activities include the use of puzzles and building blocks as well as games that involve social manipulation. 

Symbolic play involves manipulation- not of people, but of events and objects.  These play activities include the use of fantasy, pretend play and nonsense rhymes.  In symbolic play, a child can change events, identities and emotions for the sake of his or her play, thereby gaining more complete control over newly created world.