# @theworkspaceforchildren on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DEfX0hBJEyh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27730196-theworkspaceforchildren-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4e553b1d78.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-01-06T16:14:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Lizzie Assa, MsED| Play and Parenting (@theworkspaceforchildren) — https://gondola.cc/theworkspaceforchildren

## Caption

Can I share a secret?  I don’t really love most preplanned kids activities. 
For me, they toe the line too close to stuctured and directed activities. 
When I set up play prompts for kids, I want them to spark an interest and then have the children take the activity wherever it leads them.  No set end goal in mind except for open ended play. I remember taking this video. She was around 3 years old. The big kids were at school. I’d just cleaned the living room.  S was playing in the playroom quietly so I ran upstairs to take a shower. When I came back she was wearing a bathing suit and my living room had been turned into a stage for play. It was a great reminder that the best play often happens when we step back and give kids the freedom to create their own play worlds. #independentplay #childledlearning #playideas

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- **Likes:** 161
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## Tags

childledlearning, playideas, independentplay

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