Education Through Play

TAC’s motto is "education through play". All our activities aim to stimulate a child’s brain to prepare them to take in the outside world. Our multi-faceted programs are designed to combine activities, games and experiences to augment a child’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical and language development and encourage them to be an initiator, explorer and self-learner.

  Why we do what we do?

• “Babies are born with a sophisticated brain that is pre-programmed to learn and react to its environment. Development in the first three years of life is incredibly quick.” (Child Motor Development)
   

• “At only a few months of age, babies will open their hand to the size of an object they want to grasp. This is the beginning of visuo-motor control or hand-eye coordination. This is a realm in which physical activity really helps development.” (Developing Children's Perception by Dr. Janine Spencer, Tumble Tots UK)
   

• “A child's most formative years are their youngest from birth to age 5. 85%of a child's intellect, personality and social skills are developed by that age.” (Statesman Journal)
   

• “The recommended amount of daily activity for children 12-36 months old is at least 30 minutes of structured physical activity (adult-led) And at least 60 minutes unstructured physical activity (free play). As a general rule, toddlers shouldn't be inactive for more than 1 hour at a time, except for sleeping. That's a lot of work for parents and caregivers, but a lot of much-needed activity for toddlers.” (National Association for Sports and Physical Education)
   

• “One must acknowledge the importance of music in the classroom. Music gets the whole child involved in the process of learning. Learning style researchers, Rita and Kenneth Dunn, have found that as many as 85 percent of people are kinesthetic learners. (Einstein was a kinesthetic learner.) Combining this with the face that 99 percent of what is learned is unconscious, we must realize the impact of music and movement activities. While marching or singing, one is usually not thinking about what they are learning. Music activities prepare the brain for more difficult tasks needed later by preparing the brain to work from both hemispheres.” (Early Childhood News)