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What is a Play Workshop? What Are Its Benefits?

A play workshop for children is a program that offers supportive activities aimed at contributing to children's development in a safe environment. This workshop focuses on the psychological, physical, and mental development of children to provide support.

Managed by expert psychologists and child development specialists, the play workshop enables children to spend quality time with activities suitable for their growth.

In today’s world, street and neighborhood culture has been replaced by screens. Unfortunately, this situation has become a factor negatively affecting children's development. Due to the impact of the pandemic, our children are experiencing developmental delays in various areas. Issues such as language development and social skills have emerged. At this point, play workshop experts guide parents in tracking their children's development and provide direction for families. By considering temperament, age, and family structure, these specialists offer parents an important roadmap.

Play is the Language of Children!

One of the most significant benefits of the play workshop is that it helps children develop their communication skills with peers. Play serves as an important language that supports children's emotional expression and social interaction processes.

In the play workshops, special games are planned by experts for child groups each month. For example, the play materials used for baby groups consist of safe and chemical-free products. This way, the risk of children being exposed to harmful substances through their mouths is minimized.

Additionally, play workshops use various materials that appeal to the five senses of children, promoting their creativity and imagination. Through these materials, children experience different play experiences and discover learning.

Happy Mother, Happy Child!

The play workshop not only benefits children but also supports families on their parenting journey. Parents receive guidance on the importance of play when interacting with their children, how to support safe attachment and separation processes, and how to cope with developmental syndromes. This allows families to better respond to their children's needs and manage the parenting process more consciously.

The play workshop also operates on the understanding expressed in an African proverb: "It takes a whole village to raise a child." Because the healthy development of children is important for both community support and conscious parenting. Furthermore, the principle of "Happy mother, happy child" is significant in this context, as a parent's happiness affects their child's happiness.

Preschool – It’s Not Too Late!

Play workshops serve children from 4-month-old infants to 4-year-olds. The workshops offer programs tailored to different age groups such as 4-8 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-36 months, 36-48 months, and preschool/kindergarten preparation programs. Early development is crucial, as the 0-3 age range is a critical period for brain development, with 80% of brain growth occurring during this time. Therefore, it would not be accurate to say "too early" for this period.

In play workshops, parents participate with their children until the age of 2. During this time, the goal is to strengthen the mother-baby bond. The safe separation process typically occurs between the ages of 2-4. After the age of 2, groups are organized without parental participation, aiming to allow children to experience the separation process in a caring and worry-free manner. This is important because both safe attachment and safe separation hold significant importance.

It is crucial that neither the child nor the parent experiences anxiety during the separation process. Therefore, in parent-free groups, parents can observe the workshop area through cameras while children can reach their parents when needed. This method ensures that children experience a secure transition before facing rapid, insecure, and challenging separation processes in future settings like preschools or kindergartens. It also helps prevent issues such as traumatic separation anxiety and school refusal.